Report of the Commission on Accreditation: October

November 2020

NEW MEMBERS

Subsequent to action by the Commission on Accreditation in October 2020, NASAD is pleased to welcome the following institutions.

New Institutions Granted Associate Membership:

New York University
Nancy Deihl
Chair, Department of Art and Art Professions
34 Stuyvesant Street
New York, NY 10003

Southwest School of Art
Kevin Conlon
Consultant
300 Augusta Street
San Antonio, TX 78205

FORMAL COMMISSION REPORT. The official report of actions taken by the NASAD Commission on Accreditation at its meetings of October 2020 follows.

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION

October 2020

Greg Watts, Chair

After positive action by the Commission on Accreditation, the following new institutions were granted Associate Membership:

New York University
Southwest School of Art

Action was deferred on six (6) institutions applying for Associate Membership.

Progress Reports were accepted from two (2) institutions recently granted Associate Membership.

Action was deferred on four (4) institutions applying for Membership.

Progress Reports were accepted from two (2) institutions recently granted Membership.

After positive action by the Commission on Accreditation, the following institutions were granted renewal of Membership:

Salve Regina University
Virginia State University

Action was deferred on seven (7) institutions applying for renewal of Membership.

Progress Reports were accepted from four (14) institutions and acknowledged from two (2) institutions recently granted renewal of Membership.

Nine (9) applications were approved for Substantive Change.

Progress Reports were accepted from two (2) institutions recently approved for Substantive Change.

Forty-eight (48) programs were granted Plan Approval.

Action was deferred on twenty-three (23) programs submitted for Plan Approval.

Nineteen (19) programs were granted Final Approval for Listing.

Action was deferred on nine (9) programs submitted for Final Approval for Listing.

Seven (7) institutions were notified regarding failure to submit the 2019-2020 HEADS Data Survey.

One (1) institution was notified regarding monies outstanding for 2020-2021.

Three (3) institutions were granted second-year postponements of accreditation review.

One (1) institution was granted a third-year postponement of accreditation review.

A progress report was accepted from one (1) institutions regarding postponement of accreditation review.

Five (5) institutions (Columbia College, Loyola Marymount University, Memphis College of Art, University of Kentucky, University of Northern Colorado) withdrew from membership during the 2019-2020 academic year.