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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Accrediting Agencies Currently
Undergoing Review for the Purpose of
Recognition by the U.S. Secretary of
Education
U.S. Department of Education,
Accreditation Group, Office of
Postsecondary Education.
ACTION: Call for written third-party
comments.
AGENCY:
This notice provides
information to members of the public on
submitting written comments for
accrediting agencies currently
undergoing review for the purpose of
recognition by the U.S. Secretary of
Education.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Herman Bounds, Director, Accreditation
Group, Office of Postsecondary
Education, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW,
fifth floor, Washington, DC 20202,
telephone: (202) 453–7615, or email:
herman.bounds@ed.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
request for written third-party
comments concerning the performance
of accrediting agencies under review by
the Secretary of Education is required
by section 496(n)(1)(A) of the Higher
Education Act (HEA) of 1965, as
amended, and pertains to the summer
2025 meeting of the National Advisory
Committee on Institutional Quality and
Integrity (NACIQI). The meeting date
and location have not been determined
but will be announced in a later Federal
Register notice. In addition, a later
Federal Register notice will describe
how to register to provide oral
comments at the meeting. Note: Written
comments about the specific agencies
identified below will not be accepted or
provided to NACIQI members if those
comments are submitted after the
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deadline provided in this Federal
Register notice, which is May 20, 2024.
Written comments must be submitted to
the mailbox identified below. Do not
submit written comments directly to
Department officials or to NACIQI
members.
Agencies Under Review and
Evaluation: The Department requests
written comments from the public on
the following accrediting agencies,
which are currently undergoing review
and evaluation by the Accreditation
Group, and which will be reviewed at
the summer 2025 NACIQI meeting. The
agencies are listed by the type of
application or report each agency has
submitted. Please note, each agency’s
current scope of recognition is indicated
below. If any agency requested to
expand its scope of recognition,
identified are both the current scope of
recognition and the requested scope of
recognition.
Compliance Reports
1. Accreditation Commission for
Midwifery Education. Scope of
Recognition: The accreditation and preaccreditation of basic certificate, basic
graduate nurse-midwifery, direct entry
midwifery, and pre-certification nursemidwifery education programs,
including those programs that offer
distance education. Geographic area of
accrediting activities: The United States.
The compliance report includes
findings of noncompliance with certain
criteria in 34 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) Part 602 identified in
the May 31, 2023, letter from the Senior
Department Official (SDO) following the
February 28, 2023, NACIQI meeting.
The SDO letter is available under
NACIQI meeting date 2/28/2023, at
https://surveys.ope.ed.gov/erecognition/
#/public-documents.
2. American Physical Therapy
Association, Commission on
Accreditation in Physical Therapy.
Scope of Recognition: The accreditation
and preaccreditation (‘‘Candidate for
Accreditation’’) in the United States of
physical therapist education programs
leading to the first professional degree at
the master’s or doctoral level and
physical therapist assistant education
programs at the associate degree level
and for its accreditation of such
programs offered via distance education.
Geographic area of accrediting activities:
The United States. The compliance
report includes findings of
noncompliance with certain criteria in
34 CFR part 602 identified in the May
31, 2023, letter from the SDO following
the February 28, 2023, NACIQI meeting.
The SDO letter is available under
NACIQI meeting date 2/28/2023, at
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3. Middle States Commission on
Higher Education. Scope of Recognition:
The accreditation and preaccreditation
(‘‘Candidacy status’’) of institutions of
higher education including distance,
correspondence education programs and
direct assessment programs offered at
those institutions. Recognition extends
to the Executive Committee to act on
behalf of the Commission as necessary
on cases of initial, reaffirmed, and
continued candidacy or initial,
reaffirmed and continued accreditation.
Geographic Area of Accrediting
Activities: The United States. The
compliance report includes findings of
noncompliance with certain criteria in
34 CFR part 602 identified in the May
31, 2023, letter from the SDO following
the February 28, 2023 NACIQI meeting.
The SDO letter is available under
NACIQI meeting date 2/28/2023, at
https://surveys.ope.ed.gov/erecognition/
#/public-documents.
4. New England Commission of
Higher Education. Scope of Recognition:
The accreditation and pre-accreditation
(‘‘Candidacy status’’) of institutions of
higher education including the
accreditation of programs offered via
distance education and direct
assessment within those institutions.
Jointly with the Commission, this
recognition extends to its Executive
Committee and also to the Appeals
Body for decisions related to the appeal
of denial or withdrawal of candidacy;
probation; and denial or withdrawal of
accreditation. Geographic Area of
Accrediting Activities: The United
States. The compliance report includes
findings of noncompliance with certain
criteria in 34 CFR part 602 identified in
the May 31, 2023, letter from the SDO
following the February 28, 2023,
NACIQI meeting. The SDO letter is
available under NACIQI meeting date 2/
28/2023, at https://surveys.ope.ed.gov/
erecognition/#/public-documents.
5. Western Association of Schools and
Colleges. Scope of Recognition: The
accreditation and preaccreditation
(‘‘Candidate for Accreditation’’) of
institutions of higher education that
offer the baccalaureate degree or above,
including distance education programs
offered at those institutions. Geographic
area of accrediting activities: The United
States. The compliance report includes
findings of noncompliance with certain
criteria in 34 CFR part 602 identified in
the May 31, 2023, letter from the SDO
following the February 28, 2023,
NACIQI meeting. The SDO letter is
available under NACIQI meeting date 2/
28/2023, at https://surveys.ope.ed.gov/
erecognition/#/public-documents.
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Submission of Written Comments
Regarding a Specific Accrediting
Agency Under Review
Written comments about the
recognition of any of the accrediting
agencies listed above must be received
by May 20, 2024, in the
ThirdPartyComments@ed.gov mailbox.
Please include in the subject line
‘‘Written Comments: (agency name).’’
The electronic mail (email) must
include the name(s), title, organization/
affiliation, mailing address, email
address, and telephone number of the
person(s) making the comment.
Comments should be submitted as a
PDF, Microsoft Word document or in a
medium compatible with Microsoft
Word that is attached to an email or
provided in the body of an email
message. Comments about an agency
that has submitted a compliance report
scheduled for review by the Department
must relate to the criteria for recognition
cited in the SDO letter that requested
the compliance report following the
February 28, 2023, NACIQI meeting, or
in the Secretary’s appeal decision, if
any. The SDO letters for the specific
agencies referenced in this Federal
Register notice are available under
NACIQI meeting date 2/28/2023, at
https://surveys.ope.ed.gov/erecognition/
#/public-documents.
Only written materials submitted by
the deadline to the email address listed
in this notice, and in accordance with
these instructions, become part of the
official record concerning agencies
scheduled for review and are considered
by the Department and NACIQI in their
deliberations. Written comments about
the specific agencies identified in this
Federal Register notice that are
submitted after the deadline will not be
considered by the Department or
provided to NACIQI for purposes of the
current review. However, comments
may be provided orally at the summer
2025 NACIQI meeting, which has not
yet been scheduled, but which will be
announced in a future Federal Register
notice.
Electronic Access to this Document:
The official version of this document is
the document published in the Federal
Register. Free internet access to the
official edition of the Federal Register
and the Code of Federal Regulations is
available via the Federal Digital System
at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site, you
can view this document, as well as all
other documents of the Department
published in the Federal Register, in
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Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1099b; 20 U.S.C.
1011c.
Nasser Paydar,
Assistant Secretary for the Office of
Postsecondary Education.
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Education.
ACTION: Notice.
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The Department of Education
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2024.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Accrediting Agencies Currently Undergoing Review for the Purpose
of Recognition by the U.S. Secretary of Education
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Education, Accreditation Group, Office of
Postsecondary Education.
ACTION: Call for written third-party comments.
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SUMMARY: This notice provides information to members of the public on
submitting written comments for accrediting agencies currently
undergoing review for the purpose of recognition by the U.S. Secretary
of Education.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Herman Bounds, Director, Accreditation
Group, Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue SW, fifth floor, Washington, DC 20202, telephone:
(202) 453-7615, or email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This request for written third-party
comments concerning the performance of accrediting agencies under
review by the Secretary of Education is required by section
496(n)(1)(A) of the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, as amended, and
pertains to the summer 2025 meeting of the National Advisory Committee
on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI). The meeting date and
location have not been determined but will be announced in a later
Federal Register notice. In addition, a later Federal Register notice
will describe how to register to provide oral comments at the meeting.
Note: Written comments about the specific agencies identified below
will not be accepted or provided to NACIQI members if those comments
are submitted after the deadline provided in this Federal Register
notice, which is May 20, 2024. Written comments must be submitted to
the mailbox identified below. Do not submit written comments directly
to Department officials or to NACIQI members.
Agencies Under Review and Evaluation: The Department requests
written comments from the public on the following accrediting agencies,
which are currently undergoing review and evaluation by the
Accreditation Group, and which will be reviewed at the summer 2025
NACIQI meeting. The agencies are listed by the type of application or
report each agency has submitted. Please note, each agency's current
scope of recognition is indicated below. If any agency requested to
expand its scope of recognition, identified are both the current scope
of recognition and the requested scope of recognition.
Compliance Reports
1. Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education. Scope of
Recognition: The accreditation and pre-accreditation of basic
certificate, basic graduate nurse-midwifery, direct entry midwifery,
and pre-certification nurse-midwifery education programs, including
those programs that offer distance education. Geographic area of
accrediting activities: The United States. The compliance report
includes findings of noncompliance with certain criteria in 34 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 602 identified in the May 31, 2023,
letter from the Senior Department Official (SDO) following the February
28, 2023, NACIQI meeting. The SDO letter is available under NACIQI
meeting date 2/28/2023, at https://surveys.ope.ed.gov/erecognition/#/public-documents.
2. American Physical Therapy Association, Commission on
Accreditation in Physical Therapy. Scope of Recognition: The
accreditation and preaccreditation (``Candidate for Accreditation'') in
the United States of physical therapist education programs leading to
the first professional degree at the master's or doctoral level and
physical therapist assistant education programs at the associate degree
level and for its accreditation of such programs offered via distance
education. Geographic area of accrediting activities: The United
States. The compliance report includes findings of noncompliance with
certain criteria in 34 CFR part 602 identified in the May 31, 2023,
letter from the SDO following the February 28, 2023, NACIQI meeting.
The SDO letter is available under NACIQI meeting date 2/28/2023, at
[[Page 31172]]
https://surveys.ope.ed.gov/erecognition/#/public-documents.
3. Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Scope of
Recognition: The accreditation and preaccreditation (``Candidacy
status'') of institutions of higher education including distance,
correspondence education programs and direct assessment programs
offered at those institutions. Recognition extends to the Executive
Committee to act on behalf of the Commission as necessary on cases of
initial, reaffirmed, and continued candidacy or initial, reaffirmed and
continued accreditation. Geographic Area of Accrediting Activities: The
United States. The compliance report includes findings of noncompliance
with certain criteria in 34 CFR part 602 identified in the May 31,
2023, letter from the SDO following the February 28, 2023 NACIQI
meeting. The SDO letter is available under NACIQI meeting date 2/28/
2023, at https://surveys.ope.ed.gov/erecognition/#/public-documents.
4. New England Commission of Higher Education. Scope of
Recognition: The accreditation and pre-accreditation (``Candidacy
status'') of institutions of higher education including the
accreditation of programs offered via distance education and direct
assessment within those institutions. Jointly with the Commission, this
recognition extends to its Executive Committee and also to the Appeals
Body for decisions related to the appeal of denial or withdrawal of
candidacy; probation; and denial or withdrawal of accreditation.
Geographic Area of Accrediting Activities: The United States. The
compliance report includes findings of noncompliance with certain
criteria in 34 CFR part 602 identified in the May 31, 2023, letter from
the SDO following the February 28, 2023, NACIQI meeting. The SDO letter
is available under NACIQI meeting date 2/28/2023, at https://surveys.ope.ed.gov/erecognition/#/public-documents.
5. Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Scope of
Recognition: The accreditation and preaccreditation (``Candidate for
Accreditation'') of institutions of higher education that offer the
baccalaureate degree or above, including distance education programs
offered at those institutions. Geographic area of accrediting
activities: The United States. The compliance report includes findings
of noncompliance with certain criteria in 34 CFR part 602 identified in
the May 31, 2023, letter from the SDO following the February 28, 2023,
NACIQI meeting. The SDO letter is available under NACIQI meeting date
2/28/2023, at https://surveys.ope.ed.gov/erecognition/#/public-documents.
Submission of Written Comments Regarding a Specific Accrediting Agency
Under Review
Written comments about the recognition of any of the accrediting
agencies listed above must be received by May 20, 2024, in the
[email protected] mailbox. Please include in the subject line
``Written Comments: (agency name).'' The electronic mail (email) must
include the name(s), title, organization/affiliation, mailing address,
email address, and telephone number of the person(s) making the
comment. Comments should be submitted as a PDF, Microsoft Word document
or in a medium compatible with Microsoft Word that is attached to an
email or provided in the body of an email message. Comments about an
agency that has submitted a compliance report scheduled for review by
the Department must relate to the criteria for recognition cited in the
SDO letter that requested the compliance report following the February
28, 2023, NACIQI meeting, or in the Secretary's appeal decision, if
any. The SDO letters for the specific agencies referenced in this
Federal Register notice are available under NACIQI meeting date 2/28/
2023, at https://surveys.ope.ed.gov/erecognition/#/public-documents.
Only written materials submitted by the deadline to the email
address listed in this notice, and in accordance with these
instructions, become part of the official record concerning agencies
scheduled for review and are considered by the Department and NACIQI in
their deliberations. Written comments about the specific agencies
identified in this Federal Register notice that are submitted after the
deadline will not be considered by the Department or provided to NACIQI
for purposes of the current review. However, comments may be provided
orally at the summer 2025 NACIQI meeting, which has not yet been
scheduled, but which will be announced in a future Federal Register
notice.
Electronic Access to this Document: The official version of this
document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free
internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the
Code of Federal Regulations is available via the Federal Digital System
at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site, you can view this document, as
well as all other documents of the Department published in the Federal
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). To use PDF,
you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at the
site. You may also access documents of the Department published in the
Federal Register by using the article search feature at:
www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search
feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published
by the Department.
Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1099b; 20 U.S.C. 1011c.
Nasser Paydar,
Assistant Secretary for the Office of Postsecondary Education.
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