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Contents
Treasurer's
Report
Chair's
Report
Committee
on Recognition
Specialized
Advisory Panel
Council
of Regional Accrediting Commissions (CRAC)
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January 24, 2000
Washington, DC
Chair
Gordon Haaland called the meeting to order at 1:05 pm.
Treasurer's
Report
The board
of directors approved the Treasurer’s Report for July—December
1999.
Chair's
Report
The board of directors
reviewed and approved a statement of CHEA principles that describe the
foundation on which CHEA will carry out its responsibilities to its
institutional members and participating accreditors. The principles
ensure CHEA’s commitment to the coordination and improvement of
quality review by providing for thoughtful leadership to formulate issues
of quality assurance; developing needed tools and strategies to sustain
the value of quality assurance to institutions, accreditors, and students;
providing a forceful and articulate advocacy role for private accreditation
of higher education to the public, government, and other interested
individuals, groups and countries; providing high-quality service to
its member institutions, accrediting organizations, students, and the
public; maintaining core academic values central to higher education
and quality assurance; providing an independent and authoritative voice
for strengthening accreditation to strengthen higher education; and,
sustaining an environment of active consultation and participation among
its member institutions and participating organizations as well as encouraging
cooperation and exchange throughout the higher education and quality
assurance communities.
Director Vera King Farris, president of The Richard Stockton College
of New Jersey and secretary of the board, resigned from the CHEA board
of directors effective November 1999. At the request of Chair Haaland,
Director William Delauder will serve as acting secretary. The board
of directors approved the appointment of Karen W. Morse, president of
Western Washington University, to complete the unexpired term of Director
Farris. The term for President Morse runs from January 24, 2000 until
June 30, 2001.
Committee
on Recognition
The Committee on
Recognition met on December 6, 1999 to review 24 eligibility applications
from 20 organizations that had formerly been recognized and were seeking
CHEA recognition and 4 organizations seeking initial recognition. The
board of directors accepted the Committee on Recognition’s recommendations
for eligibility of each of the accrediting organizations as presented.
Those organizations include:
Formerly
Recognized Organizations
- Accrediting
Association of Bible Colleges
- Accrediting
Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council
- Accrediting
Council for Independent Colleges and Schools
- American Association
of Nurse Anesthetists
- American Council
for Construction Education
- American Library
Association
- Accreditation
Council for Occupational Therapy Education
(American Occupational Therapy Association)
- American Veterinary
Medical Association
- Association
of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools
- Association
of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada
- Commission on
Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
- Commission on
Accreditation for Dietetics Education
(American Dietetic Association)
- Council on Rehabilitation
Education
- National Association
of Schools of Art and Design
- National Association
of Schools of Dance
- National Association
of Schools of Music
- National Association
of Schools of Theatre
- National Council
for Accreditation of Teacher Education
- National League
for Nursing Accrediting Commission
- Planning Accreditation
Board
(American Institute of Certified Planners/Association of Collegiate
Schools of Planning)
Additional
Organizations Seeking Recognition
- Association of Collegiate
Business Schools and Programs
- Council on Aviation Accreditation
- Teacher Education Accreditation
Council
- Transnational Association
of Christian Colleges and Schools
The board of directors
approved the reappointments of Brother Patrick Ellis, president emeritus
of Catholic University of America, and Ron Cowell, president of the
Education Policy and Leadership Center and the appointment of John Pickelman,
chancellor of North Harris Montgomery Community College District to
three-year terms on the Committee on Recognition, effective February
1, 2000 to February 1, 2003. Other members of the committee include
Roger Blunt, president and CEO of Blunt Enterprises, LLC; Lawrence Detmer,
executive director emeritus of the Commission on Accreditation of Allied
Health Education Programs; John Petersen, director emeritus of the Accrediting
Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of Western Association
of Schools and Colleges; George Peterson, executive director of the
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology; Shirley Peterson,
president of Hood College; and, Mary Ann Swain, provost and vice president
for academic affairs of Binghamton University.
Specialized
Advisory Panel
The CHEA Specialized
Advisory Panel, working with the leadership of the National Association
of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges’ Council on Academic
Affairs, drafted a Statement on Good Practices and Shared Responsibility
in the Conduct of Specialized and Professional Accreditation Review.
The draft statement was presented and discussed at the 1999 CHEA Enhancing
Usefulness Conference in June, 1999 and circulated for comment to CHEA
participating organizations. The board of directors approved the draft
statement as presented. The statement will be distributed to member
institutions and participating organizations and will be available on
the CHEA website.
The board of directors approved the appointment to the CHEA Specialized
Advisory Panel of David Stevens of the Liaison Committee on Medical
Education to complete the unexpired term (January 24, 2000—December
31, 2001) of his predecessor, Donald Kassebaum. In addition, the board
approved the appointment of Susanne Shaw, executive director of the
Commission on Accreditation of Journalism and Mass Communications, for
a three-year term (January 24, 2000—December 31, 2002). Other committee
members include: Lawrence Detmer, executive director emeritus of the
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs; Kayem
Dunn, executive director of the Foundation for Interior Design Education
Research; Bernard Fryshman, executive vice president of the Association
of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools; Olive Kimball, executive
director of the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory
Science; Carl Monk, executive director of the Association of American
Law Schools; and, George Peterson executive director of the Accreditation
Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc.
Carl Monk, chair of the CHEA Specialized Advisory Panel and executive
director of the Association of American Law Schools, indicated that
the panel would meet this spring. Among other agenda items, the panel
will assist in developing the program for the
fourth Enhancing Usefulness Conference to be held in Washington, DC
in June, 2000.
Council
of Regional Accrediting Commissions (CRAC)
President Eaton
reported that the regional accreditors have developed a proposal to
pilot a three-year initiative that will help to address cross-regional
accreditation issues. It is now under review by each of the commissions
and, if approved by the commissions, the proposal will go into effect
on July 1, 2000.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:40
p.m.
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