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DRAFT
December 6, 2011
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education
Crowne Plaza Old Town
901 N. Fairfax Street
Alexandria, VA
Washington Ballroom
National Advisory Committee on Institutional
Quality and Integrity
December 14-16, 2011 Meeting
AGENDA
NOTE: The times listed for agenda items are subject to change, depending upon the amount of time the Committee devotes to earlier items on the agenda and other circumstances that may arise. All individuals participating in the discussion of an agenda item are advised to arrive at the meeting well in advance of the listed time.
WEDNESDAY, December 14, 2011
8:30 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
8:35 a.m. Overview of Procedures for Committee Review of Petitions
Jamienne Studley, Chairperson, NACIQI
Melissa Lewis, NACIQI Executive Director, U.S. Department of Education
Procedure for Review of Each Agency Not Included on the Consent Agenda:
1. Briefing by Department Staff
2. Remarks by Agency Representatives
3. Presentations by Third-Party Representatives
4. Agency Response to Third-Party Presentations
5. Department Response to Agency and Third-Party Comments
6. Committee Discussions and Voting
8:45 a.m. Items for Consent Agenda
1. Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
2. American Optometric Association, Accreditation Council on Optometric Education
If any member should request that an agency be removed from the consent agenda, then the following individuals would participate in that agency’s review:
Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting
Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (WASC-JR)
NACIQI Primary Readers:
Arthur Keiser
William “Brit” Kirwan
Department Staff:
Steve Porcelli
Representatives of the Agency:
Barbara A Beno, President, WASC-JR
Michael T. Rota, Commission Chair, WASC-JR
Third-Party Oral Commenters:
None
American Optometric Association, Accreditation Council on
Optometric Education (ACOE)
NACIQI Primary Readers:
Earl Lewis
Anne Neal
Department Staff:
Steve Porcelli
Representatives of the Agency:
J. Bart Campbell, Chair, ACOE
Joyce L. Urbeck, Administrative Director, ACOE
Third-Party Oral Commenters:
None
9:00 a.m. New York State Board of Regents, State Education Department, Office of
the Professions (Public Postsecondary Vocational Education, Practical Nursing)
Action for Consideration: Petition for Renewal of Recognition
NACIQI Primary Readers:
George French
Larry Vanderhoef
Department Staff:
Jennifer Hong-Silwany
Representatives of the Agency:
William Murphy, Assistant Director Professional Education, New York State
Education Department
Third-Party Oral Commenters:
None
9:30 a.m. New York State Board of Regents, State Education Department, Office of
the Professions (Nursing Education)
Action for Consideration: Petition for Renewal of Recognition
NACIQI Primary Readers:
George French
Larry Vanderhoef
Department Staff:
Jennifer Hong-Silwany
Representatives of the Agency:
William Murphy, Assistant Director Professional Education, New York State
Education Department
Third-Party Oral Commenters:
None
10:00 a.m. American Podiatric Medical Association, Council on Podiatric Medical
Education (CPME)
Action for Consideration: Petition for Renewal of Recognition
NACIQI Primary Readers:
Arthur Rothkopf
Cameron Staples
Department Staff:
Jennifer Hong-Silwany
Representatives of the Agency:
Robert T. Yoho, Immediate Past Chair, CPME
Andrew Weiss, Former Chair, Current Member, CPME
Alan Tinkleman, Director, CPME
Third-Party Oral Commenters:
None
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, The Higher Learning
Commission (HLC)
Action for Consideration: Informational report (No vote will be taken)
Representatives of the Agency:
Sylvia Manning, President, HLC
Karen Solinski, Vice President for Legal and Governmental Affairs, HLC
Third-Party Oral Commenters:
None
11:00 a.m. The Council on Chiropractic Education, Commission on
Accreditation (CCE)
Action for Consideration: Petition for Renewal of Recognition
NACIQI Primary Readers:
Arthur Rothkopf
Frank Wu
Department Staff:
Rachael Shultz
Representatives of the Agency:
David J. Wickes, Council Chair, CCE
Craig S. Little, Council Development committee Chair and Vice-Chair, CCE
G. Lansing Blackshaw, Chair, Standards Review Task Force, Academy Member, CCE
S. Ray Bennett, Director of Accreditation Services, CCE
Third-Party Oral Commenters:
Robert Braile, Georgia Council of Chiropractic
Clint Erickson, Council of Chiropractic Philosophy
Christopher Kent, Federation for Vertebral Subluxation
Kathleen Linaker, D’Youville College
Lonnie McKinzie, McKinzie Wellness Center
Michael McLean
Joe Merlo, Good Vibrations Family Chiropractic
Sarah Mongold, Student
Judith Nutz Campanale, International Federal of Chiropractors & Organizations
William O’Connell, American Chiropractic Association
Lawrence O’Connell Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Board
Corey Rodnick
Henry Rubinstein, Doctors for Excellence in Chiropractic Education
Steve Tullius, Movement for Chiropractic Quality and Integrity
John Ventura, New York Chiropractic College
Gary Walsemann, International Chiropractors Association
Stephen Welsh, Care-More Chiropractic Colleges
12:45 p.m. LUNCH
2:00 p.m. Kansas State Board of Nursing (KSBN)
Action for Consideration: Petition for Renewal of Recognition
NACIQI Primary Readers:
George T. French
Anne Neal
Department Staff:
Chuck Mula
Representatives of the Agency:
No Representatives Attending
Third-Party Oral Commenters:
None
2:30 p.m. Maryland Board of Nursing (MBN)
Action for Consideration: Petition for Renewal of Recognition
NACIQI Primary Readers:
Earl Lewis
Beter-Aron Shimeles
Department Staff:
Joyce Jones
Representatives of the Agency:
Emmaline Woodson, Deputy Director and Director of Advanced Practice, MBN
Pamela Ambush-Burris, Director of Education and Licensure, MBN
Patricia Kennedy, Director of Education, Examination and Research, MBN
Third-Party Oral Commenters:
None
3:00 p.m. BREAK
3:15 p.m. Commission on English Language Program Accreditation (CEA)
Action for Consideration: Petition for Renewal of Recognition
NACIQI Primary Readers:
Bruce Cole
Frank Wu
Department Staff:
Chuck Mula
Representatives of the Agency:
Rebecca Smith-Murdock, Commission Chair, CEA
Teresa D. O’Donnell, Executive Director, CEA
Third-Party Oral Commenters:
None
4:00 p.m. Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology
(JRCERT)
Action for Consideration: Petition for Renewal of Recognition
NACIQI Primary Readers:
Arthur Keiser
Carolyn Williams
Department Staff:
Elizabeth Daggett
Representatives of the Agency:
Deborah Gay Utz, Chair, JRCERT
Darcy Wolfman, Director, JRCERT
Leslie F. Winter, Chief Executive Director, JRCERT
Third-Party Oral Commenters:
None
4:45 p.m. Closing Comments
THURSDAY, December 15, 2011
8:30 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
8:35 a.m. Overview of Procedures for Committee Review of Petitions
Jamienne Studley, Chairperson, NACIQI
Melissa Lewis, NACIQI Executive Director, U.S. Department of Education
Procedure for Review of Each Agency:
1. Briefing by Department Staff
2. Remarks by Agency Representatives
3. Presentations by Third-Party Representatives
4. Agency Response to Third-Party Presentations
5. Department Response to Agency and Third-Party Comments
6. Committee Discussions and Voting
8:45 a.m. Oklahoma Board of Career and Technology Education (OKBCTE)
Action for Consideration: Petition for Renewal of Recognition
NACIQI Primary Readers:
Beter-Aron Shimeles
Cameron Staples
Department Staff:
Rachael Shultz
Representatives of the Agency:
No Representatives Attending
Third-Party Oral Commenters:
None
9:15 a.m. North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School
Improvement, Board of Trustees (NCA-CASI)
Action for Consideration: Petition for Renewal of Recognition and Request for an Expansion of Scope for the accreditation and preaccreditation (“Candidacy status”) throughout the United States of non-degree granting career and technical education institutions
NACIQI Primary Readers:
Arthur E. Keiser
Federico Zaragoza
Department Staff:
Joyce Jones
Representatives of the Agency:
Kenneth Bergman, General Counsel, NCA-CASI
Chelle Travis, Vice President, Career Technical and Postsecondary Services
Steve Winnick, Counsel, NCA-CASI
Barb Nicol, Director of Adult Workforce Education, Ohio Board of Regents
Third-Party Oral Commenters:
Barbara Nicol, Adult Workforce Education, Ohio Board of Regents
Thomas Peters, Symbol Job Training, Inc.
10:30 a.m. BREAK
10:45 a.m. American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Commission on
Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (AAMFT)
Action for Consideration: Petition for Renewal of Recognition and a Request for an Expansion of Scope to include Distance Education
NACIQI Primary Readers:
William “Brit” Kirwan
Carolyn Williams
Department Staff:
Jennifer Hong-Silwany
Representatives of the Agency:
Tanya Tamarkin, Director of Educational Affairs, AAMFT
Tracy Todd, Deputy Executive Director, AAMFT
Roger Smith, Senior Attorney, AAMFT
Eric Shapiro, Education Specialist, AAMFT
Third-Party Oral Commenters:
None
11:30 a.m. Pennsylvania State Board of Vocational Education, Bureau of Career
and Technical Education (PASBVE)
Action for Consideration: Petition for Renewal of Recognition
Advisory Committee Readers:
Arthur Rothkopf
Federico Zaragoza
Department Staff:
Chuck Mula
Representatives of the Agency:
Lee Burket, Director, Bureau of Career and Technical Education, PASBVE
Tamalee Brassington, Manager, Division of Adult and Postsecondary
Education, PASBVE
Beth Marshall, Accreditation Coordinator, PASBVE
Third-Party Oral Commenters:
None
12:00 p.m. Working Lunch: Lumina Foundation’s Degree Qualifications Profile and “Goal 2025” Initiatives
Presenter: Jamie Merisotis, President and CEO, Lumina Foundation
1:30 p.m. Break
1:45 p.m. Background and Overview of the NACIQI’s Draft Report to the Secretary on HEA Reauthorization
Presenter: Susan D. Phillips, Policy Subcommittee Chair
2:00 p.m. Public Commenters’ Oral Presentations – Prior Requests
Judith Eaton, Council for Higher Education Accreditation
Joyce Rechtschaffen, Princeton University
Vickie Schray, Bridgepoint Education
Joseph Vibert, Association of Specialized and Professional Accreditors
Ralph Wolff, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities
3:00 p.m. BREAK
3:15 p.m. Policy Discussion of Public Comments and Recommendations
4:45 p.m. Closing Comments
FRIDAY, December 16, 2011
8:30 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
8:45 a.m. Overview Concerning the NACIQI’s Draft Report to the Secretary on HEA Reauthorization
Presenter: Susan D. Phillips, Policy Subcommittee Chair
9:00 a.m. Policy Discussion of Public Comments and Recommendations
10:45 a.m. BREAK
11:00 a.m. Public Commenters’ Oral Presentations - On-Site Requesters
12:00 p.m. LUNCH
1:00 p.m. Policy Discussion and Recommendations (Continued)
3:15 p.m. Wrap-up and Adjournment