[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 118 (Tuesday, June 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32144-32145]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-15021]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Recognition of Accrediting Agencies, State Agencies for Approval
of Public Postsecondary Vocational Education, and State Agencies for
Approval of Nurse Education
June 15, 1995.
AGENCY: Department of Education.
ACTION: Request for comments on agencies applying to the Secretary for
initial recognition or renewal of recognition.
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DATES: Commentors should submit their written comments by August 4,
1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen W. Kershenstein, Director, Accreditation and State Liaison
Division, U.S. Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Room 3915 ROB-3, Washington, DC 20202-5244, telephone: (202) 708-7417.
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may
call the Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339 between 8
a.m. and 7 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday.
SUBMISSION OF THIRD-PARTY COMMENTS: The Secretary of Education
recognizes, as reliable authorities as to the quality of education
offered by institutions or programs within their scope, accrediting
agencies and State approval agencies for public postsecondary
vocational education and nurse education that meet certain criteria for
recognition. The purpose of this notice is to invite interested third
parties to present written comments on the agencies listed in this
notice that have applied for initial or continued recognition. All
comments received in response to this notice will be reviewed by
Department staff as part of its evaluation of the agencies' compliance
with the criteria for recognition. In order for Department staff to
give full consideration to the comments received, the comments must
arrive at the address listed above not later than August 4, 1995.
Comments must relate to the Secretary's Criteria for the Recognition of
Accrediting Agencies.
The National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and
Integrity (the ``Advisory Committee'') advises the Secretary of
Education on the recognition of accrediting agencies and State approval
agencies. The Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet November 28-30,
1995 in Washington, D.C. All written comments received by the
Department in response to this notice will be considered by both the
Advisory Committee and the Secretary. A subsequent Federal Register
notice will announce the meeting and invite individuals and/or groups
to submit requests for oral presentation before the Advisory Committee
on the agencies being reviewed. That notice, however, does not
constitute another call for written comment. This notice is the only
call for written comment.
The following agencies will be reviewed during the November 1995
meeting of the Advisory Committee:
Nationally Recognized Accrediting Agencies and Associations
Petition for Initial Recognition
1. National Association of Private, Nontraditional Schools and
Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Higher Education (requested scope
of recognition: the accreditation and preaccreditation of private,
nontraditional colleges and universities)
Petitions for Renewal of Recognition
1. Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (requested scope
of recognition: the accreditation of private, postsecondary
institutions and programs offering allied health education)
2. Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of
Technology (requested scope of recognition: the accreditation of
private, postsecondary degree and non-degree-granting institutions that
are predominantly organized to educate students, for trade,
occupational, or technical careers)
3. Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools
(requested scope of recognition: the accreditation of private
postsecondary schools, junior colleges, and senior colleges that are
predominantly organized to educate students for business careers,
including master's degree programs in senior colleges of business)
4. American College of Nurse-Midwives, Division of Accreditation
(requested scope of recognition: the accreditation of basic certificate
and master's degree nurse-midwifery educational programs)
5. American Council on Pharmaceutical Education (requested scope of
recognition: the accreditation of professional degree programs)
6. American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation
(requested scope of recognition: the accreditation of programs leading
to the DDS or DMD degree, advanced general dentistry and specialty
programs, general practice residency programs, and programs in dental
hygiene, dental assisting and dental technology)
7. American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc., Accreditation
Council for Occupational Therapy Education (requested scope of
recognition: the accreditation of occupational therapist education and
occupational therapy assistant education)
8. Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiology Technology
[formerly recognized in cooperation with the Committee on Allied Health
Education and Accreditation of the American Medical Association but now
requesting recognition on its own] (requested scope of recognition: the
accreditation of educational programs for the radiographer and the
radiation therapist)
9. Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs in Nuclear
Medicine Technology (formerly recognized in cooperation with the
Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation of the American
Medical Association but now requesting recognition on its own)
(requested scope of recognition: The accreditation of postsecondary
educational programs in nuclear medicine technology throughout the
Untied States)
10. Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission
on Secondary Schools (requested scope of recognition: the accreditation
and preaccreditation of public vocational and technical schools
offering non-degree postsecondary education in Delaware, District of
Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico,
Virgin Islands)
11. National Accrediting Commission of Cosmetology Arts and
Sciences (requested scope of recognition: the accreditation of
postsecondary schools and departments of cosmetology arts and sciences)
12. National League for Nursing, Inc. (requested scope of
recognition: the accreditation of programs in practical nursing and
diploma, associate, [[Page 32145]] baccalaureate and higher degree
nurse education programs)
13. Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on
Colleges (requested scope of recognition: the accreditation of degree-
granting colleges and universities located in Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia)
14. Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting
Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities (requested scope of
recognition: The accreditation of senior colleges and universities
located in California, Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands)
State Agencies Recognized for the Approval of Public Postsecondary
Vocational Education
Petition for Renewal of Recognition
1. Minnesota State Board of Technical Colleges
Interim Report (An interim report is a follow-up report on an
accrediting agency's compliance with specific criteria for recognition
that was requested by the Secretary when the Secretary granted
recognition to the agency)--
1. Arkansas State Board of Vocational Education
State Agencies Recognized for the Approval of Nurse Education
Petition for Renewal of Recognition
1. Colorado State Board of Nursing
Public Inspection of Petitions and Third-party Comments
All petitions and interim reports, and those third-party comments
received in advance of the meeting, will be available for public
inspection at the U.S. Department of Education, ROB-3, Room 3915, 7th
and D Streets, SW., Washington, DC 20202-5244, telephone (202) 708-7417
between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 95-15021 Filed 6-19-95; 8:45 am]
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