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Contents
Treasurer’s
Report
Committee
on Recognition
President’s
Report
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January
22, 2001
Hotel Inter-Continental
New Orleans, LA
Summary
of Major Actions
(These are not official
minutes of the CHEA Board of Directors)
Chair
John T. Casteen III called the meeting to order at 1:05 p.m.
Treasurer’s
Report
The board
of directors approved the Treasurer's Report through December 31, 2000.
Committee
on Recognition
The committee on
recognition met on November 5-7, 2000 and reviewed eligibility applications
from organizations seeking CHEA recognition. The board of directors
accepted the committee on recognition's recommendation that these accrediting
organizations be deemed eligible to be considered for CHEA recognition:
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AACSB—The
International Association for Management Education
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Accrediting
Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications
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American
Culinary Federation Accrediting Commission
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American
Psychological Association Committee on Accreditation
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Council for
Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs
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Joint Review
Committee on Educational Programs in Nuclear Medicine Technology
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National
Recreation and Park Association/American Association for Leisure
and Recreation Council on Accreditation
The
board of directors accepted the committee on recognition's recommendation
for deferral of action on change of scope of the following accrediting
organization until the receipt of additional information from the
accreditor:
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American
Culinary Federation Accrediting Commission
At
its September 25, 2000 meeting, the board of directors accepted the
committee on recognition's recommendation that the American Denturitry
Association Council on Denturitry Education Commission on Denturitry
Accreditation be deemed ineligible to be considered for CHEA recognition.
The board of directors accepted the committee on recognition's recommendations
for recognition of the following fourteen accrediting organizations:
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Accrediting
Association of Bible Colleges Commission on Accreditation
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Accrediting
Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council for
Higher Education Accreditation
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American
Association of Nurse Anesthetists Council on Accreditation of
Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs
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American
Council for Construction Education
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Association
of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs
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Association
of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada Commission
on Accreditation
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Association
of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools Accreditation Commission
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Commission
on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
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National
Association of Schools of Art and Design Commission on Accreditation
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National
Association of Schools of Dance Commission on Accreditation
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National
Association of Schools of Music Commission on Accreditation, Commission
on Non-Degree Granting Accreditation and Commission on Community/Junior
College Accreditation
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National
Association of Schools of Theatre Commission on Accreditation
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National
League for Nursing Accrediting Commission
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New England
Association of Schools and Colleges Commission on Technical and
Career Institutions
The
board of directors accepted the committee on recognition's recommendation
for deferral of action on recognition for the following accrediting
organization until receipt of additional information from that accreditor:
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Council on
Rehabilitation Education Commission on Standards and Accreditation
President’s
Report
Committee on Recognition
The board of directors approved the reappointment of three members
of the committee on recognition to three-year terms (February 2001
- January 2004) and the appointment of a new committee member to complete
a two-year unexpired term (February 2001 - January 2003). The reappointed
members are Roger R. Blunt, president and CEO, Blunt Enterprises,
LLC; John C. Petersen, director emeritus, Accrediting Commission for
Community and Junior Colleges, Western Association of Schools and
Colleges; and George D. Peterson, executive director Accreditation
Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. The new committee member
is Margaret B. Lee, president of Oakton Community College (IL). Other
committee members are: Ron Cowell, president, The Education Policy
and Leadership Center; Lawrence Detmer, former executive director,
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs; Brother
Patrick Ellis, Christian Brothers' Community, Calvert Hall College
High School; Patricia McGuire, president, Trinity College (DC); Mary
Ann Swain, provost and vice president for academic affairs, Binghamton
University, SUNY.
Specialized/Professional/National
Accrediting Association Advisory Panel
President Judith Eaton explained that the Specialized/Professional/National
Accrediting Association Advisory Panel was created in 1998 and meets
two to three times per year. All members of the panel have two-year
terms that expired in December, 2000. Each member of the panel has
agreed to accept an additional term of one to three years, effective
January 2001. The board of directors approved the reappointment of
the following members of the Specialized/Professional/National Accrediting
Association Advisory Panel: Lawrence Detmer, former executive director,
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (1-year);
Kayem Dunn, executive director, Foundation for Interior Design Education
Research (2-year); Bernard Fryshman, executive vice president, Association
of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools (3-year); Olive Kimball,
executive director, National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory
Sciences (2-year); Carl Monk, executive director, Association of American
Law Schools (1-year); George Peterson, executive director, Accreditation
Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. (3-year); Susanne Shaw,
executive director, Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism
& Mass Communication (2-year); and David Stevens, MD, secretary, Liaison
Committee on Medical Education, vice president, Medical School Standards
and Assessment, Association of American Medical Colleges (3-year).
Governmental
Relations
Tom Butts, CHEA vice president for government and external relations,
reported that the Web-Based Education Commission, chaired by Senator
Robert Kerrey, released its report on December 19, 2000. This report
affirmed the leadership role of voluntary accreditation in assuring
quality in distance learning. He also indicated that the U.S. Department
of Education Distance Education Demonstration Program report, released
in January 2001, identified a number of key issues for higher education
including reconsideration of the traditional academic year, seat time,
and the Carnegie unit. With a new administration and the changes at
the U. S. Department of Education, CHEA will continue to make sure
that the new members of Congress and the new administration understand
the importance and complexity of accreditation and self-regulation
issues and will assist to address those issues in a constructive manner.
Specialized
Accrediting Association Advisory Panel
Carl Monk, executive director of the Association of American Law Schools
and chair, CHEA Specialized Advisory Panel was unable to be present.
President Eaton reported that the advisory panel met in October 2000
with members of the AAU/NASULGC Task Force on Accreditation to consider
a draft statement on accreditation standards. The panel's next meeting
is in March 2001.
Council of
Regional Accrediting Commissions (C-RAC)
David Wolf, executive director of the Western Association of Schools
and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
and chair of the Council of Regional Accrediting Commissions (C-RAC),
briefly reported the recent activities of C-RAC. He indicated that
all regional accreditors have endorsed the policy which established
the assurance of quality of institutions of higher education that
operate sites in more than one region. He reported that the grant
received from the Pew Charitable Trusts on behalf of the eight regional
accrediting commissions will focus on measuring student learning outcomes
with the development of good practices to be used within the regions.
C-RAC is scheduled to meet again at the end of January 2001 when it
will continue to deliberate policies and guidelines for distance education
and other issues among the accrediting regions.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:30
p.m.
The next meeting
of the CHEA Board of Directors will be held
April 30-May 1, 2001 in Washington, DC.
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