81 FR 14846 - National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity Meeting
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 53 (March 18, 2016)
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 53 (March 18, 2016)
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 53 (Friday, March 18, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 14846-14849] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-06169] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity Meeting AGENCY: National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI), Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education. ACTION: Announcement of an open meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the agenda for the June 22, 23, and 24, 2016 meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI), outlines certain new meeting procedures, and provides information to members of the public on submitting written comments and on requesting to make oral comments at the meeting. 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 NACIQI meeting will be held on June 22, 23, and 24, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. ADDRESSES: The exact location of the meeting will be published no later than May 23, 2016 in the Federal Register and on the Department's Web site at http://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/naciqi.html#meetings by FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Hong, Executive Director/ Designated Federal Official, NACIQI, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 6W250, Washington, DC 20202, telephone: (202) 453-7805, or email: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NACIQI's Statutory Authority and Function: The NACIQI is established under section 114 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), 20 U.S.C. 1011c. The NACIQI advises the Secretary of Education about:The establishment and enforcement of the criteria for recognition of accrediting agencies or associations under subpart 2, part H, title IV of the HEA, as amended. The recognition of specific accrediting agencies or associations or a specific State public postsecondary vocational education or nurse education approval agency. The preparation and publication of the list of nationally recognized accrediting agencies and associations. The eligibility and certification process for institutions of higher education under Title IV of the HEA, together with recommendations for improvement in such process. 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. Any other advisory function relating to accreditation and institutional eligibility that the Secretary may prescribe. Meeting Agenda: Below is a list of agencies, including their current and requested scopes of recognition, scheduled for review during the June 2016 meeting: Applications for Renewal of Recognition 1. Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Scope of Recognition: The accreditation and preaccreditation (``Candidacy Status'') throughout the United States of first- professional master's degree and professional master's level certificate and diploma programs in acupuncture and Oriental Medicine and professional post-graduate doctoral programs in acupuncture and in Oriental Medicine (DAOM), as well as freestanding institutions and colleges of acupuncture or Oriental Medicine that offer such programs. Title IV Note: Only freestanding institutions or colleges of acupuncture or Oriental medicine may use accreditation by this agency to establish eligibility to participate in Title IV programs. Students enrolled in first professional and professional degree programs do not qualify as graduate or professional students for Title IV purposes unless they have completed the equivalent of at least three years of full-time study either prior to entrance into the program or as part of the program itself, and unless they meet the additional requirements of the definition of ``graduate or professional student'' at 34 CFR 668.2. 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 and the programmatic accreditation of medical assistant, medical laboratory technician, and surgical technology programs, leading to a certificate, diploma, Associate of Applied Science, Associate of Occupational Science, Academic Associate degree, or Baccalaureate degree, including those offered via distance education. Title IV Note: Only freestanding allied health education institutions and institutions that offer predominantly allied health programs may use accreditation by this agency to establish eligibility to participate in Title IV programs. 3. Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges Scope of recognition: The accreditation of private, 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. [[Page 14847]] 4. Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools Scope of recognition: The accreditation of private, postsecondary institutions offering certificates or diplomas, and postsecondary institutions offering associate, bachelor's, or master's degrees in programs designed to educate students for professional, technical, or occupational careers, including those that offer those programs via distance education. 5. 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. This recognition also 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. Title IV Note: Only freestanding law schools may use accreditation by this agency to establish eligibility to participate in Title IV programs. 6. American Osteopathic Association, Osteopathic College Accreditation Scope of recognition: The accreditation and preaccreditation (``Provisional Accreditation'') throughout the United States of freestanding institutions of osteopathic medicine and of osteopathic medical programs leading to the degree of Doctor of Osteopathy or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine. Title IV Note: Only freestanding schools or colleges of osteopathic medicine may use accreditation by this agency to establish eligibility to participate in Title IV programs. 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. The preaccreditation in the United States of doctoral internship programs in health services psychology; and postdoctoral residency programs in health service psychology. 8. 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. Title IV Note: Only freestanding institutions, colleges, or seminaries of theology may use accreditation by this agency to establish eligibility to participate in Title IV programs. 9. Council on Occupational Education Scope of recognition: The accreditation and preaccreditation (``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. 10. Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, Accreditation Commission Scope of recognition: The accreditation and preaccreditation (``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. Compliance Reports 1. American Veterinary Medical Association, Council on Education Scope of recognition: The accreditation and preaccreditation (``Provisional Accreditation'') in the United States of programs leading to professional degrees (D.V.M. or D.M.D.) in veterinary medicine. 2. Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities Scope of recognition: The accreditation and preaccreditation (``Candidacy Status'') of postsecondary degree-granting educational institutions in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington, and the accreditation of programs offered via distance education within these institutions. (Compliance report on 34 CFR 602.24(a) and 602.24(b) for findings affirmed on appeal by the Secretary. Please see http://oha.ed.gov/secretarycases/2014-7-O-S.pdf for the Secretary's appeal decision.) Review of Accrediting Agencies Under 34 CFR 602.33 for Failure To Submit a Renewal Application Under 34 CFR 602.31(a) 1. National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education Scope of recognition: The accreditation throughout the United States of professional education units providing baccalaureate and graduate degree programs for the preparation of teachers and other professional personnel for elementary and secondary schools, including programs offering distance education. 2. Teacher Education Accreditation Council, Accreditation Committee Scope of recognition: The accreditation and pre-accreditation throughout the United States of professional teacher education programs in institutions offering baccalaureate and graduate degrees for the preparation of K-12 teachers. State Approval Agency for Public Postsecondary Vocational Education-- Application for Renewal of Recognition Puerto Rico State Agency for the Approval of Public Postsecondary Vocational, Technical Institutions and Programs. NACIQI Policy Agenda NACIQI will continue discussion regarding its policy agenda, in light of the following meeting procedures. Meeting Discussion In addition to following the HEA, FACA, implementing regulations, and the NACIQI charter, as well as its customary procedural protocols, NACIQI inquiries will include the questions and topics listed in the pilot plan it adopted at its December 2015 meeting. Documents entitled ``June 2016 Pilot Plan'' and ``June 2016 Meeting Plan Draft,'' both linked on the NACIQI Web site at http://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/naciqi.html under the heading ``June 2016 Meeting,'' outline this pilot and provide further explanation and context framing NACIQI's work. As noted in those documents, NACIQI's reviews of accrediting agencies will include consideration of data and information available on College Scorecard, https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/ and on the Department's accreditation Web site, http://www.ed.gov/accreditation?src=rn. Accrediting agencies that will be reviewed for renewal of recognition will not be on the consent agenda and are advised to come prepared to answer questions related to the following: [[Page 14848]] Decision activities of and data gathered by the agency. [cir] NACIQI will inquire about the range of accreditation activities of the agency since its prior review for recognition, including discussion about the various favorable, monitoring, and adverse actions taken. Information about the primary standards cited for the monitoring and adverse actions that have been taken will be sought. [cir] NACIQI will also inquire about what data the agency routinely gathers about the activities of the institutions it accredits and about how that data is used in their evaluative processes. Standards and practices with regard to student achievement. [cir] How does your agency address ``success with respect to student achievement'' in the institutions it accredits? [cir] Why was this strategy chosen? How is this appropriate in your context? [cir] What are the student achievement challenges in the institutions accredited by your agency? [cir] What has changed/is likely to change in the standards about student achievement for the institutions accredited by your agency? [cir] In what ways have student achievement results been used for monitoring or adverse actions? Agency activities in improving program/institutional quality. [cir] How does this agency define ``at risk'' status? [cir] What tools does this agency use to evaluate ``at risk'' status? [cir] What tools does this agency have to help ``at risk'' institutions improve? [cir] What can the agency tell us about how well these tools for improvement have worked? To the extent NACIQI's questions go to improvement of institutions and programs that are not at risk of falling into noncompliance with agency requirements, the responses will be used to inform NACIQI's general policy recommendations to the Department rather than its recommendations regarding recognition of any individual agency. The discussions and issues described above regarding the pilot are in addition to, rather than substituting for, exploration by Committee members of any topic relevant to recognition. Submission of written comments regarding a specific accrediting agency or state approval agency under review: Written comments about the recognition of a specific accrediting or State agency must be received by April 8, 2016, in the [email protected] mailbox and include the subject line ``Written Comments: (agency name).'' The 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 Microsoft Word document or in a medium compatible with Microsoft Word (not a PDF file) that is attached to an electronic mail message (email) or provided in the body of an email message. Comments about an agency's recognition after review of a compliance report must relate to issues identified in the compliance report and 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. Comments about the renewal of an agency's recognition based on a review of the agency's petition must relate to its compliance with the Criteria for the Recognition of Accrediting Agencies, or the Criteria and Procedures for Recognition of State Agencies for Approval of Public Postsecondary Vocational Education, as appropriate, which are available at http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html. Only material 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. Please do not send material directly to NACIQI members. Submission of requests to make an oral comment regarding a specific accrediting agency or state approval agency under review: There are two methods the public may use to make a third-party oral comment of three minutes concerning one of the agencies scheduled for review at the June 22, 23, and 24, 2016 meeting. Method One: Submit a request by email to the [email protected] mailbox. Please do not send material directly to NACIQI members. Requests must be received by April 29, 2016, and include the subject line ``Oral Comment Request: (agency name).'' The email must include the name(s), title, organization/affiliation, mailing address, email address, telephone number, of the person(s) requesting to speak, and a brief summary (not to exceed one page) of the principal points to be made during the oral presentation. All individuals submitting an advance request in accordance with this notice will be afforded an opportunity to speak. Method Two: Register at the meeting location on June 22, 2016, from 7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m. to make an oral comment during NACIQI's deliberations concerning a particular agency or institution scheduled for review. The requestor must provide his or her name, title, organization/affiliation, mailing address, email address, and telephone number. A total of up to fifteen minutes during each agency review will be allotted for oral commenters who register on June 22, 2016 by 8:30 a.m. Individuals will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis. If selected, each commenter may not exceed three minutes. The oral comments made will become part of the official record and will be considered by the Department and NACIQI in their deliberations. No individual in attendance or making oral presentations may distribute written materials at the meeting. Comments about an agency's recognition after review of a compliance report must relate to issues identified in the compliance report and 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. Comments about the renewal of an agency's recognition based on a review of the agency's petition must relate to its compliance with the Criteria for the Recognition of Accrediting Agencies, or the Criteria and Procedures for Recognition of State Agencies for Approval of Public Postsecondary Vocational Education, as appropriate, which are available at http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html. Access to Records of the Meeting: The Department will post the official report of the meeting on the NACIQI Web site 90 days after the meeting. Pursuant to the FACA, the public may also inspect the materials at 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC, by emailing [email protected] or by calling (202) 453-6185 to schedule an appointment. Reasonable Accommodations: The meeting site is 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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Abstract: The U.S. Department of Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, as (‘‘Candidacy Status’’) throughout the
Education (Department) requests OMB amended. United States of first-professional
clearance for data collection activities DATES: The NACIQI meeting will be master’s degree and professional
associated with the Study of Title I held on June 22, 23, and 24, 2016, from master’s level certificate and diploma
Schoolwide and Targeted Assistance 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. programs in acupuncture and Oriental
Programs. The purpose of this study is ADDRESSES: The exact location of the Medicine and professional post-
to provide a detailed analysis of the meeting will be published no later than graduate doctoral programs in
types of strategies and activities May 23, 2016 in the Federal Register acupuncture and in Oriental Medicine
implemented in title I schoolwide and on the Department’s Web site at (DAOM), as well as freestanding
program (SWP) and targeted assistance http://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/ institutions and colleges of acupuncture
program (TAP) schools, how different list/naciqi.html#meetings by or Oriental Medicine that offer such
configurations of resources are used to programs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
support these strategies, and how local Title IV Note: Only freestanding
Jennifer Hong, Executive Director/
officials make decisions about the use of institutions or colleges of acupuncture
Designated Federal Official, NACIQI,
these varied resources. To this end, the or Oriental medicine may use
U.S. Department of Education, 400
study team will conduct site visits to a accreditation by this agency to establish
Maryland Avenue SW., Room 6W250,
set of 40 case study schools that will eligibility to participate in Title IV
Washington, DC 20202, telephone: (202)
involve in-person and telephone programs. Students enrolled in first
453–7805, or email: Jennifer.Hong@
interviews with title I district officials professional and professional degree
ed.gov.
and school staff involved in title I programs do not qualify as graduate or
administration. In addition, the study SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
professional students for Title IV
team will collect and review relevant NACIQI’s Statutory Authority and purposes unless they have completed
extant data and administer surveys to a Function: The NACIQI is established the equivalent of at least three years of
nationally representative sample of under section 114 of the Higher full-time study either prior to entrance
principals and school district Education Act of 1965, as amended into the program or as part of the
administrators. Both the case study and (HEA), 20 U.S.C. 1011c. The NACIQI program itself, and unless they meet the
survey samples include title I SWP and advises the Secretary of Education additional requirements of the
TAP schools. Clearance is requested for about: definition of ‘‘graduate or professional
the case study and survey components • The establishment and enforcement student’’ at 34 CFR 668.2.
of the study, including its purpose, of the criteria for recognition of
sampling strategy, data collection accrediting agencies or associations 2. Accrediting Bureau of Health
procedures, and data analysis approach. under subpart 2, part H, title IV of the Education Schools
Dated: March 15, 2016.
HEA, as amended.
• The recognition of specific Scope of Recognition: The
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• The relationship between (1) distance education.
AGENCY: National Advisory Committee accreditation of institutions of higher Title IV Note: Only freestanding allied
on Institutional Quality and Integrity education and the certification and health education institutions and
(NACIQI), Office of Postsecondary eligibility of such institutions, and (2) institutions that offer predominantly
Education, U.S. Department of State licensing responsibilities with allied health programs may use
Education. respect to such institutions. accreditation by this agency to establish
• Any other advisory function eligibility to participate in Title IV
ACTION:Announcement of an open
relating to accreditation and programs.
meeting.
institutional eligibility that the
Secretary may prescribe. 3. Accrediting Commission of Career
SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the Schools and Colleges
agenda for the June 22, 23, and 24, 2016 Meeting Agenda: Below is a list of
meeting of the National Advisory agencies, including their current and Scope of recognition: The
Committee on Institutional Quality and requested scopes of recognition, accreditation of private, postsecondary,
Integrity (NACIQI), outlines certain new scheduled for review during the June non-degree-granting institutions and
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meeting procedures, and provides 2016 meeting: degree-granting institutions in the
information to members of the public on Applications for Renewal of United States, including those granting
submitting written comments and on Recognition associate, baccalaureate and master’s
requesting to make oral comments at the degrees, that are predominantly
meeting. The notice of this meeting is 1. Accreditation Commission for organized to educate students for
required under section 10(a)(2) of the Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine occupational, trade and technical
Federal Advisory Committee Act Scope of Recognition: The careers, and including institutions that
(FACA) and section 114(d)(1)(B) of the accreditation and preaccreditation offer programs via distance education.
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submitted by April 8, 2016 per the
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| Dates | The NACIQI meeting will be held on June 22, 23, and 24, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. | |
| Contact | Jennifer Hong, Executive Director/ Designated Federal Official, NACIQI, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 6W250, Washington, DC 20202, telephone: (202) 453-7805, or email: [email protected] | |
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