NASD STANDARDS REVIEW

Last Updated: August 3, 2010

NASD conducts reviews of its standards for institutional membership in two formats: comprehensive reviews and specific reviews.

Comprehensive reviews consider the standards as a whole or a particular set of standards (e.g. graduate, undergraduate, non-degree-granting, operational). Specific reviews consider particular portions or elements of the standards, or new standards.

Status reports regarding comprehensive and specific standards review efforts are provided below, along with links to any texts available for comment.

PLEASE NOTE     Until any proposed changes have been approved by an affirmative vote of institutional     representatives to NASD, the official standards in effect are those published in the     latest edition of the NASD Handbook and any current Handbook Addenda.     Unless specifically stated otherwise, this portion of the NASD Web site contains only     texts associated with standards reviews or proposals for changes. These texts are     not to be used in the NASD accreditation process.

All draft proposals will be posted here as they are approved for public comment. Indications will be provided for each proposal regarding the type of review, the dates of comment periods, and whether the proposal is scheduled for hearings or for a final vote by the NASD membership.

Representatives of member institutions and other interested parties, including students, are cordially invited to read and comment on standards drafts. Those wishing to comment are urged to read the introductory material to each draft standards text. If you have a comment, please share it during the present comment period. Do not wait for a later draft. Comment forwarding instructions are provided on each draft text.

Although NASD will not be able to acknowledge every comment individually, the Association is grateful to those making specific suggestions. You need not comment if you think a text is satisfactory.

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Most hyperlinked review documents listed within these pages are available
both in Microsoft Word* format or as Adobe Acrobat PDF files, and may be
downloaded by clicking on your choice as indicated. To view or print PDF
files, you will need to have or install Adobe Acrobat Reader.

*NOTE: The NASD Handbook is not available in MS Word format.

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TEXT NOW AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT ONLY:

FORTHCOMING:

The next comprehensive standards review will begin in 2015.

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STATUS REPORT:
SPECIFIC STANDARDS REVIEWS

TEXT NOW AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT ONLY:

VOTE SCHEDULED. Action on this proposal, as it may be amended during the comment process,
will be taken by voting representatives of NASD member institutions at the NASD Annual Meeting
to be held September 14-16, 2010.

To view or print this proposal, proceed to Specific Standards Reviews.

FORTHCOMING:

There are no further specific standards reviews forthcoming at this time.

CONTACTS

If you need assistance or have a concern regarding any aspect of the standards review, please contact Sarah Yount (syount@arts-accredit.org) at the NASD National Office.

Kindly report any website problems or broken links to Willa Shaffer: wshaffer@arts-accredit.org.

Thank you.