1/2025 – 6/2026
This calendar contains major, but not all, deadlines and events.
JANUARY
January 26-29, 2025
Winter Executive Committee Meetings
(Hyatt Centric Chicago Magnificent Mile – Chicago, Illinois)
FEBRUARY
No major events
MARCH
March 1, 2025
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
-Responses, Progress Reports
-New Curricula
-Substantive Change
(for consideration at the spring Commission meetings)
March 15, 2025
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
-Optional Responses
(for consideration at the spring Commission meeting)
APRIL
April 15–19, 2025
NASAD Spring Commission Meeting
(Hyatt Regency – Reston, VA)
MAY
May 25, 2025
Third-Party Comment Opens
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the fall Commission meetings)
JUNE
June 1, 2025
Annual reporting documents emailed:
–Accreditation Audit 2025-2026
–Affirmation Statement 2025-2026
June 26, 2025
Third-Party Comment Closes
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the fall Commission meetings)
JULY
July 1, 2025
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
–Accreditation Audit 2025-2026
–Affirmation Statement 2025-2026
July 1, 2025
NASAD Invoices emailed for 2025-2026
(Payment due upon receipt; invoices may be paid online.)
–Accredited Institutional Membership Dues
–Library Subscription Fees
–Non-Accredited Institutional Affiliation Dues
–Professional Organization Affiliation Dues
AUGUST
August 1, 2025
NASAD Invoices emailed for 2025-2026
(Payment due upon receipt; invoices may be paid online.)
–Application Fees
SEPTEMBER
September 1, 2025
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
-Responses, Progress Reports
-New Curricula
-Substantive Change
(for consideration at the fall Commission meetings)
Annual reporting document emailed:
–Supplemental Annual Report 2024-2025
September 15, 2025
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
-Optional Responses
(for consideration at the fall Commission meeting)
OCTOBER
October 11-16, 2025
NASAD Fall Commission Meetings
(Hilton Long Beach — Long Beach, CA)
October 16 and 17, 2025
NASAD Board of Directors Meetings
(Hilton Long Beach — Long Beach, CA)
October 18 and 20, 2025
NASAD Executive Committee Meetings
(Hilton Long Beach — Long Beach, CA)
October 15-18, 2025
NASAD Annual Meeting
(Hilton Long Beach — Long Beach, CA)
October 15, 2025
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
-Supplemental Annual Report 2024-2025
NOVEMBER
November 1, 2025
HEADS Data Survey 2025-2026 Launch Date
for Degree- Granting and Non-Degree-Granting Art and Design Units/Institutions
November 16, 2025
Third-Party Comment Opens
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the spring Commission meetings)
November 26-28, 2025
Holiday Closing of the NASAD National Office
DECEMBER
December 24, 2025-January 2, 2026
Holiday Closing of the NASAD National Office
JANUARY
January, 2026
Third-Party Comment Closes
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the fall Commission meetings)
January 31, 2026
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: HEADS Data Survey 2025-2026
for Degree-Granting and Non-Degree-Granting Art and Design Units/Institutions
January 25-28, 2026
Winter Executive Committee Meetings
(Hyatt Centric Chicago Magnificent Mile – Chicago, Illinois)
FEBRUARY
No major events
MARCH
March 1, 2026
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
-Responses, Progress Reports
-New Curricula
-Substantive Change
(for consideration at the spring Commission meetings)
March 15, 2026
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
-Optional Responses
(for consideration at the spring Commission meeting)
APRIL
April 15–19, 2026
NASAD Spring Commission Meeting
(Hyatt Regency Reston – Reston, VA)
MAY
May, 2026
Third-Party Comment Opens
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the fall Commission meetings)
JUNE
June 1, 2026
Annual reporting documents emailed:
–Accreditation Audit 2026-2027
–Affirmation Statement 2026-2027
June, 2026
Third-Party Comment Closes
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the fall Commission meetings)