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Criteria Implementation Schedule

Accredited Institutions

The revised Criteria for Accreditation, Assumed Practices, Obligations of Affiliation, and other new and revised related policies are effective for all accredited institutions on January 1, 2013.

What this timeline means for specific Commission processes:

• All visits occurring on or after January 1, 2013, will address the revised Criteria.*

* Accredited institutions with comprehensive visits scheduled in spring 2013 will have the option to write their Self-Study Reports based on the revised Criteria or address them through an addendum or a crosswalk. The Commission will provide a template for this crosswalk.

More about the Criteria

 

Guiding Values

Criteria for Accreditation Effective January 1, 2013

Assumed Practices Effective January 1, 2013

Obligations of Affiliation Effective January 1, 2013

Glossary

Implementation Schedule

All of these sections are available in the New Criteria Booklet.


Information about the Old Criteria

 

Old Criteria for Accreditation Effective until December 2012

Minimum Expectations within the Criteria for Accreditation Effective until December 2012

Questions?  

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