

Membership Procedures



Site Map: Membership Procedures
Individual Membership
Accredited Institutional Membership
	Especially for New Applicants
	Official NASAD Standards and Procedures for New and Renewal Applications
Resources for NASAD Visiting Evaluators

Achievement and Quality: Higher Education in the Arts

Accrediting Commission for Community and Precollegiate Arts Schools (ACCPAS)

Council of Arts Accrediting Associations (CAAA)

Higher Education Arts Data Services (HEADS)

National Office for Arts Accreditation (NOAA)

Accredited Institutional Membership

The NASAD Handbook contains standards and guidelines used to make decisions about accredited institutional Membership.This section of the NASAD Web site explains procedures only.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The NASAD Handbook (the content) and the Membership Procedures documents (the process) must be used together in reviews for accredited institutional Membership.

NEW APPLICANTS
Includes welcome message and important recommendations for institutions considering Membership or making an application for the first time.

OFFICIAL NASAD STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES
FOR NEW AND RENEWAL APPLICATIONS
Specific complete procedures for full reviews for first-time applications or continuation of Accredited Institutional Membership. These procedures include applications for new curricula and substantive change occurring at the time of the full review.

OTHER PROCEDURES
A list of other procedures associated with Accredited Institutional Membership with links to locations of each.

PLEASE NOTE:

The "Quick Links" on the right side of this page may be useful to instantly locate the resources represented there.

QUICK LINKS

SITE MAP: An at-a-glance guide to the layout of the Membership Procedures portion of the Web site.

RENEWING MEMBERSHIP? Familiar with NASAD Procedures? Use these quick links to go directly to the essentials:

Self-Study Formats. For descriptions of and differences among the optional Self-Study formats and which is right for your institution, go to Comparisons Among Self-Study Formats

Just the Documents. To review and/or print your choice of the three Self-Study formats, along with associated instructions, procedures for institutions, and required forms, go to Self-Study Formats and Associated Procedures.

Resources for Self-Study. To review additional useful resources and recommended reading for writers of Self-Studies, go to Supplemental Resources.

New Curricula. To review procedures and instructions for submitting an application for Plan Approval and/or Final Approval for Listing, go to New Curricula Applications.

Optional Response to the Visitors' Report. To obtain instructions for submitting an Optional Response to the Visitors' Report, go to Submission of Optional Response.

Responses, Progress Reports. To obtain instructions for submitting a response or progress report to the Commission, go to Submission of Response or Progress Report.

NASAD Visitors. To review procedures and instructions for preparing a Visitors' Report and other useful resources for evaluators, go to Resources for Visiting Evaluators.

GET THE NASAD HANDBOOK

The NASAD Handbook includes NASAD Standards and Guidelines for degree-granting and non-degree-granting institutions in art/design, as well as the Association's Constitution, Bylaws, and Code of Ethics.

Free access is available on this Web site to an Adobe Acrobat PDF version of the Handbook, or you may purchase a print copy at a cost of $15.00.

To get a copy of the latest edition of the Handbook in either format, go to Publications/Books, and select the link that corresponds with your choice.