1/2026 – 6/2027
This calendar contains major, but not all, deadlines and events.
JANUARY
January 29-31, 2026
Winter Executive Committee Meetings
(Hyatt Centric Chicago Magnificent Mile – Chicago, Illinois)
January 31, 2026
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
HEADS Data Survey 2025-2026
for Degree-Granting and Non-Degree-Granting Dance Units/Institutions
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, 2026
NASAD Spring Commission Meeting
MAY
May 22, 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 22, 2026
Third-Party Comment Closes
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the fall Commission meetings)
JULY
July 1, 2026
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
–Accreditation Audit 2026-2027
–Affirmation Statement 2026-2027
July 1, 2026
NASAD Invoices emailed for 2026-2027
(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, 2026
NASAD Invoices emailed for 2026-2027
(Payment due upon receipt; invoices may be paid online.)
–Application Fees
SEPTEMBER
September 1, 2026
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
-Responses, Progress Reports
-New Curricula
-Substantive Change
(for consideration at the fall Commission meetings)
Annual reporting document emailed:
–Supplemental Annual Report 2025-2026
September 15, 2026
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
-Optional Responses
(for consideration at the fall Commission meeting)
OCTOBER
October 10-15, 2026
NASAD Fall Commission Meetings
(Hyatt Regency St. Louis – St. Louis, MO)
October 15 and 16, 2025
NASAD Board of Directors Meetings
(Hyatt Regency St. Louis – St. Louis, MO)
October 14 and 17, 2026
NASAD Executive Committee Meetings
(Hyatt Regency St. Louis – St. Louis, MO)
October 14-17, 2026
NASAD Annual Meeting
(Hyatt Regency St. Louis – St. Louis, MO)
October 15, 2026
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
-Supplemental Annual Report 2025-2026
NOVEMBER
November 1, 2026
HEADS Data Survey 2026-2027 Launch Date
for Degree- Granting and Non-Degree-Granting Art and Design Units/Institutions
November, 2026
Third-Party Comment Opens
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the spring Commission meetings)
November 25-27, 2026
Holiday Closing of the NASAD National Office
DECEMBER
December 23, 2026-January 4, 2027
Holiday Closing of the NASAD National Office
JANUARY
January, 2027
Third-Party Comment Closes
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the fall Commission meetings)
January 31, 2027
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: HEADS Data Survey 2026-2027
for Degree-Granting and Non-Degree-Granting Art and Design Units/Institutions
January, 2027
Winter Executive Committee Meetings
(Hyatt Centric Chicago Magnificent Mile – Chicago, Illinois)
FEBRUARY
No major events
MARCH
March 1, 2027
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
-Responses, Progress Reports
-New Curricula
-Substantive Change
(for consideration at the spring Commission meetings)
March 15, 2027
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
-Optional Responses
(for consideration at the spring Commission meeting)
APRIL
April, 2027
NASAD Spring Commission Meeting
(Hyatt Regency Reston – Reston, VA)
MAY
May, 2027
Third-Party Comment Opens
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the fall Commission meetings)
JUNE
June 1, 2027
Annual reporting documents emailed:
–Accreditation Audit 2027-2028
–Affirmation Statement 2027-2028
June, 2027
Third-Party Comment Closes
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the fall Commission meetings)