Notice2021-13758
Notice of Meeting; National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity
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June 28, 2021
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This notice sets forth the agenda, time, and instructions to access or participate in the July 27-29, 2021 virtual meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI) and provides information to members of the public regarding the meeting, including requesting to make oral comments. The notice of this meeting is required under section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and section 114(d)(1)(B) of the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, as amended.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 121 (Monday, June 28, 2021)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13758]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Meeting; National Advisory Committee on Institutional
Quality and Integrity
AGENCY: National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and
Integrity (NACIQI), Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department
of Education.
ACTION: Announcement of meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the agenda, time, and instructions to
access or participate in the July 27-29, 2021 virtual meeting of the
National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity
(NACIQI) and provides information to members of the public regarding
the meeting, including requesting to make oral comments. The notice of
this meeting is required under section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA) and section 114(d)(1)(B) of the Higher Education
Act (HEA) of 1965, as amended.
DATES: The virtual NACIQI meeting will be held on July 27-29, 2021,
from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time each day.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Alan Smith, Executive Director/
Designated Federal Official, NACIQI, U.S. Department of Education, 400
Maryland Avenue SW, Room 2C-159, Washington, DC 20202, telephone: (202)
453-7757, or email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bff8dad0cdd8da91fed3ded191ecd2d6cbd7ffdadb91d8d0c9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fbbc9e94899c9ed5ba979a95d5a896928f93bb9e9fd59c948d">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NACIQI's Statutory Authority and Function:
NACIQI is established under section 114 of the HEA. NACIQI advises the
Secretary of Education with respect to:
<bullet> The establishment and enforcement of the standards of
accrediting agencies or associations under subpart 2, part H, Title IV
of the HEA, as amended.
<bullet> The recognition of specific accrediting agencies or
associations.
<bullet> The preparation and publication of the list of nationally
recognized accrediting agencies and associations.
<bullet> The eligibility and certification process for institutions
of higher education under Title IV of the HEA and part C, subchapter I,
chapter 34, Title 42, together with recommendations for improvement in
such process.
<bullet> The relationship between (1) accreditation of institutions
of higher education and the certification and eligibility of such
institutions, and (2) State licensing responsibilities with respect to
such institutions.
<bullet> Any other advisory function relating to accreditation and
institutional eligibility that the Secretary of Education may prescribe
by regulation.
You may register for the meeting on your computer with each day's
designated entry link, after which you will receive a confirmation
email containing personalized dial-in details, access code, and meeting
web link. You must register for each day that you plan to attend.
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
You must pre-register at <a href="https://ems8.intellor.com">https://ems8.intellor.com</a>?do=register&t=1&p=838951 to receive a join link,
dial-in number, access code, and unique Attendee ID for the event.
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
You must pre-register at <a href="https://ems8.intellor.com">https://ems8.intellor.com</a>?do=register&t=1&p=838952 to receive a join link,
dial-in number, access code, and unique Attendee ID for the event.
Thursday, July 29, 2021
You must pre-register at <a href="https://ems8.intellor.com">https://ems8.intellor.com</a>?do=register&t=1&p=838953 to receive a join link,
dial-in number, access code, and unique Attendee ID for the event.
Meeting Agenda
Please note that the review of the Accreditation Council for
Independent Colleges and School's (ACICS) petition for renewal of
recognition has been removed from the July 2021 NACIQI meeting agenda.
Agenda items for the July 27-29, 2021, meeting are listed below.
Application for Renewal of Recognition
1. Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.
Scope of recognition: The accreditation and pre-accreditation
(``Candidacy'') throughout the United States of professional non-degree
and graduate degree programs, including professional doctoral programs,
in the field of acupuncture and/or Oriental medicine, as well as
freestanding institutions and colleges of acupuncture and/or Oriental
medicine that offer such programs.
2. Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools. Scope of
recognition: The accreditation of private, postsecondary institutions
in the United States offering predominantly allied health education
programs leading to a certificate,
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diploma, and degrees at the level of the Associate of Applied Science,
Associate of Occupational Science, Academic Associate, Baccalaureate
and Master's; and the programmatic accreditation of medical assisting,
medical laboratory technology, and surgical technology programs,
through the Associate degree, including those offered via distance
education. The scope extends to the Substantive Change Committee,
jointly with the Commission, for decisions on substantive change.
3. Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological
Schools. Scope of recognition: The accreditation of theological schools
and seminaries, as well as schools or programs that are parts of
colleges or universities, in the United States, offering post
baccalaureate degrees in professional and academic theological
education, including delivery via distance education.
4. Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges. Scope of
recognition: The accreditation of postsecondary, non-degree-granting
institutions and degree-granting institutions in the United States,
including those granting associate, baccalaureate and master's degrees,
that are predominantly organized to educate students for occupational,
trade and technical careers, and including institutions that offer
programs via distance education.
5. Council on Occupational Education. Scope of recognition: The
accreditation and pre-accreditation (``Candidacy Status'') throughout
the United States of postsecondary occupational education institutions
offering non-degree and applied associate degree programs in specific
career and technical education fields, including institutions that
offer programs via distance education.
6. American Bar Association, Council of the Section of Legal
Education and Admissions to the Bar. Scope of recognition: The
accreditation throughout the United States of programs in legal
education that lead to the first professional degree in law, including
those offered via distance education, as well as freestanding law
schools offering such programs. The scope extends to the Accreditation
Committee of the Section of Legal Education (Accreditation Committee)
for decisions involving continued accreditation (referred to by the
agency as ``approval'') of law schools.
7. American Psychological Association, Commission on Accreditation.
Scope of recognition: The accreditation in the United States of
doctoral programs in clinical, counseling, school and combined
professional-scientific psychology; doctoral internship programs in
health service psychology; and postdoctoral residency programs in
health service psychology; and the pre-accreditation in the United
States of doctoral internship programs in health service psychology;
and postdoctoral residency programs in health service psychology.
8. American Osteopathic Association, Commission on Osteopathic
College Accreditation. Scope of recognition: The accreditation and pre-
accreditation (``Provisional Accreditation'') throughout the United
States of freestanding institutions of osteopathic medicine and
programs leading to the degree of Doctor of Osteopathy or Doctor of
Osteopathic Medicine.
9. Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools,
Accreditation Commission. Scope of recognition: The accreditation and
pre-accreditation (``Candidate'' status) of Christian postsecondary
institutions in the United States that offer certificates, diplomas,
and associate, baccalaureate, and graduate degrees, including
institutions that offer distance education.
Administration Policy Update
Dr. Michelle Asha Cooper, Acting Assistant Secretary for the Office
of Postsecondary Education, will discuss the Administration's higher
education policy priorities.
Accreditor Dashboards
Brian Fu, Program and Management Analyst, Office of Planning,
Evaluation, and Policy Development (OPEPD), will provide a training on
the use of the accreditor dashboards, with time for questions and
discussion among NACIQI members.
NACIQI Policy Discussion
In addition to its review of accrediting agencies and State
approval agencies for Secretarial recognition, the meeting agenda will
include additional time for Committee discussions regarding any of the
categories within NACIQI's statutory authority in its capacity as an
advisory committee.
Subcommittee on Student Success
The subcommittee will provide a report on its work that focuses on
34 CFR 602.16(a)(1)(i), accreditation and pre-accreditation standards.
Submission of requests to make an oral comment regarding a specific
accrediting agency under review, or to make an oral comment or written
statement regarding other issues within the scope of NACIQI's
authority: Opportunity to submit a written statement regarding a
specific accrediting agency under review was solicited by a previous
Federal Register notice published on August 12, 2020 (85 FR 48679;
Document Number 2020-17634). The period for submission of such
statements is now closed.
Additional written comments regarding a specific agency or state
approval agency under review will not be accepted at this time.
However, members of the public may submit written statements regarding
other issues within the scope of NACIQI's authority for consideration
by NACIQI in the manner described below.
Oral comments may not exceed three minutes. Oral comments about an
agency's recognition when a compliance report has been required by the
senior Department official or the Secretary must relate to the criteria
for recognition cited in the senior Department official's letter that
requested the report, or in the Secretary's appeal decision, if any.
Oral comments about an agency seeking expansion of scope must be
directed to the agency's ability to serve as a recognized accrediting
agency with respect to the kinds of institutions or programs requested
to be added. Oral comments about the renewal of an agency's recognition
must relate to its compliance with the Criteria for the Recognition of
Accrediting Agencies, which are available at <a href="http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html">http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html</a>. Written statements and oral comments
concerning NACIQI's work outside of a specific accrediting agency under
review must be limited to the scope of NACIQI's authority as outlined
under section 114 of the HEA.
To request to make a third-party oral comment of three minutes or
less during the July 27-29, 2021 meeting, please follow either Method
One or Method Two below. To submit a written statement to NACIQI
concerning its work outside a specific accrediting agency under review,
please follow Method One.
Method One: Submit a request by email to the
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#db8fb3b2a9bf8bbaa9afa298b4b6b6beb5afa89bbebff5bcb4ad"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2c7844455e487c4d5e58556f4341414942585f6c4948024b435a">[email protected]</span></a> mailbox. Please do not send material directly
to NACIQI members. Written statements to NACIQI concerning its work
outside a specific accrediting agency under review and requests to make
oral comment must be received by July 9, 2021 and include the subject
line ``Oral Comment Request: (agency name),'' ``Oral Comment Request:
(subject)'' or ``Written Statement: (subject).'' The email must include
the name(s), title, organization/affiliation, mailing address, email
address, and telephone number, of the
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person(s) submitting a written statement or requesting to speak. All
individuals submitting an advance request in accordance with this
notice will be afforded an opportunity to speak.
Method Two (Only available to those seeking to make oral comments):
Register on July 27, 2021, from 7:45 a.m.-8:45 a.m. Eastern Standard
Time, to make an oral comment during NACIQI's deliberations, using the
designated entry link for Tuesday, July 27, 2021 listed earlier in this
notice. The requestor must provide the subject on which he or she
wishes to comment, in addition to his or her name, title, organization/
affiliation, mailing address, email address, and telephone number. A
total of up to fifteen minutes for each agenda item will be allotted
for oral commenters who register on July 27, 2021 by 8:45 a.m. Eastern
Standard Time. Individuals will be selected on a first-come, first-
served basis. If selected, each commenter will speak on the actual day
and at the actual time the topic for which he or she wishes to comment
is being discussed; and his or her comments may not exceed three
minutes.
Access to Records of the Meeting: The Department will post the
official report of the meeting on the NACIQI website within 90 days
after the meeting. In addition, pursuant to the FACA, the public may
request to inspect records of the meeting at 400 Maryland Avenue SW,
Washington, DC, by emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2647554a544345495442554b47484741435466434208414950"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1c7d6f706e797f736e786f717d727d7b796e5c7978327b736a">[email protected]</span></a> or by calling
(202) 453-7415 to schedule an appointment. Senior Department official's
(as defined in 34 CFR 602.3) decisions pursuant to 34 CFR 602.36
associated with all NACIQI Meetings can be found at the following
website: <a href="https://surveys.ope.ed.gov/erecognition/PublicDocuments">https://surveys.ope.ed.gov/erecognition/PublicDocuments</a>.
Reasonable Accommodations: The meeting dial-in information and
weblink are accessible to individuals with disabilities. If you will
need an auxiliary aid or service to participate in the meeting (e.g.,
interpreting service, assistive listening device, or materials in an
alternate format), notify the contact person listed in this notice at
least two weeks before the scheduled meeting date. Although we will
attempt to meet a request received after that date, we may not be able
to make available the requested auxiliary aid or service because of
insufficient time to arrange it.
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(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1011c.)
Annmarie Weisman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Planning and Innovation, Office
of Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 2021-13758 Filed 6-25-21; 8:45 am]
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