Notice2022-09582
Accrediting Agencies Currently Undergoing Review for the Purposes of Recognition by the U.S. Secretary of Education
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May 5, 2022
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This notice provides information to members of the public on submitting written comments for accrediting agencies currently undergoing review for purposes of recognition by the U.S. Secretary of Education.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 87 (Thursday, May 5, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26743-26744]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-09582]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Accrediting Agencies Currently Undergoing Review for the Purposes
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 purposes 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, Room 2C158, Washington, DC 20202, telephone:
(202) 453-7615, or email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#432b26312e222d6d212c362d27300326276d242c35"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e78f82958a8689c9858892898394a78283c9808891">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 496(n)(1)(A) of the
Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, as amended, and pertains to the
summer 2023 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.
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 2023
NACIQI meeting.
The agencies are listed by the type of application each agency has
submitted. Please note, each agency's current scope of recognition is
indicated below. If any agency requests a change to its scope of
recognition, identified are both the current scope of recognition and
the requested scope of recognition.
Applications for Renewal of Recognition
1. Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools,
Accreditation Commission. Scope of Recognition: The accreditation and
pre-accreditation (``Correspondent'' and ``Candidate'') of advanced
rabbinical and Talmudic schools to include Associate, Baccalaureate,
Masters, Doctorate, and First Rabbinic and First Talmudic degrees
programs.
Geographic Area of Accrediting Activities: Throughout the United
States.
2. Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for
Education in Nutrition and Dietetics. Scope of Recognition: The
accreditation and pre-accreditation, of Didactic and Coordinated
Programs in Dietetics at both the undergraduate and graduate level,
postbaccalaureate Dietetic Internships, and Dietetic Technician
Programs at the associate degree level and for its accreditation of
such programs offered via distance education.
Geographic Area of Accrediting Activities: Throughout the United
States.
3. American Optometric Association, Accreditation Council on
Optometric Education. Scope of Recognition: The accreditation of
professional optometric degree programs and optometric residency
programs, and for the pre-accreditation category of Preliminary
Approval for professional optometric degree programs.
Geographic Area of Accrediting Activities: Throughout the United
States.
4. Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. Scope of
Recognition: The accreditation of nursing education programs at the
baccalaureate, master's, doctoral, and certificate levels, including
programs offering distance education.
Geographic Area of Accrediting Activities: Throughout the United
States.
5. Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational
Programs. Scope of Recognition: The accreditation of institutions and
programs of nurse anesthesia at the post master's certificate,
master's, or doctoral degree levels, including programs offering
distance education.
Geographic Area of Accrediting Activities: Throughout the United
States.
Requested Scope of Recognition: The accreditation of institutions
and programs of nurse anesthesia at the post master's certificate,
post-doctoral certificate, master's, or doctoral degree levels,
including programs offering distance education.
Geographic Area of Accrediting Activities: Throughout the United
States.
6. Liaison Committee on Medical Education. Scope of Recognition:
The accreditation of medical education programs leading to the M.D.
degree.
Geographic Area of Accrediting Activities: Throughout the United
States.
7. National Association of Schools of Art and Design, Commission on
Accreditation. Scope of Recognition: The accreditation of freestanding
institutions and units offering art/design and art/design-related
programs (both degree- and non-degree-granting), including those
offered via distance education.
Geographic Area of Accrediting Activities: Throughout the United
States.
8. Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. Scope of
Recognition: The accreditation and pre-accreditation (``Candidacy
status'') of postsecondary degree-granting educational institutions and
the accreditation of programs offered via distance education within
these institutions.
Geographic Area of Accrediting Activities: Throughout the United
States.
Compliance Report
1. Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation. Scope of
Recognition: The accreditation of institutions and programs that award
postsecondary certificates, postsecondary diplomas, academic Associate
degrees and occupational Associate degrees, in the practice of massage
therapy, bodywork, and aesthetics/esthetics and skin care. Geographic
Area of Accrediting Activities: Throughout the United States.
The compliance report addresses findings of noncompliance with 34
CFR 602 as referenced in the senior Department official's (SDO)
decision letter dated June 02, 2021, available under NACIQI meeting
date February 25, 2021, available at: <a href="https://surveys.ope.ed.gov/erecognition/PublicDocuments">https://surveys.ope.ed.gov/erecognition/PublicDocuments</a>.
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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 June 06, 2022, in the
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#683c00011a0c38091a1c112b0705050d061c1b280d0c460f071e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="17437f7e6573477665636e54787a7a7279636457727339707861">[email protected]</span></a> 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's letter that requested the report, or in the Secretary's appeal
decision, if any. Comments about an agency that has submitted a
petition for initial recognition, renewal of recognition, or an
expansion of scope must relate to the agency's compliance with the
Criteria for the Recognition of Accrediting Agencies, which are
available at: <a href="https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-34/subtitle-B/chapter-VI/part-602?toc=1">https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-34/subtitle-B/chapter-VI/part-602?toc=1</a>.
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.
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Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1011c; 20 U.S.C. 1099b.
Annmarie Weisman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Planning, and Innovation, Office
of Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 2022-09582 Filed 5-4-22; 8:45 am]
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