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Report of the Commission on Accreditation: April

April 2025

NEW MEMBERS

Subsequent to action by the Commission on Accreditation in April 2025, NASAD is pleased to welcome the following institution as a new member:

INSTITUTIONS GRANTED ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP:

Lyme Academy
Caitlin Perkins
Engagement Director and Program Coordinator

84 Lyme Street
Old Lyme, CT 06371

University of Wisconsin – Platteville
Greg Nelson
Co-Chair, Department of Performing and Visual Arts

One University Plaza
Platteville, WI 53818

FORMAL COMMISSION REPORT. The official report of actions taken by the NASAD Commission on Accreditation at its meetings of April 2025 follows.

National Association of Schools of Art and Design

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION

Jade Jewett, Chair

April 2025

 

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

Lyme Academy of Fine Arts
University of Wisconsin – Platteville

Action was deferred on three (3) institutions applying for Associate Membership.

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

Southeast Missouri State University

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:

Converse University
Fashion Institute of Technology
Indian University of Pennsylvania
Stephen F. Austin State University
Syracuse University
Western Illinois University

Action was deferred on fourteen (14) institutions applying for renewal of Membership.

Progress Reports were accepted from sixteen (16) institutions and were acknowledged from two (2) institutions recently granted renewal of Membership.

Five (5) applications were approved for Substantive Change.

Progress Reports were accepted from one (1) institution recently approved for Substantive Change.

Thirty (30) programs were granted Plan Approval.

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

Progress Reports were accepted from six (6) institutions concerning programs recently granted Plan Approval.

Eighteen (18) programs were granted Final Approval for Listing.

Action was deferred on six (6) programs submitted for Final Approval for Listing.

Progress Reports were accepted from one (1) institution concerning programs recently granted Final Approval for Listing.

Two (2) institutions were notified regarding failure to submit the 2024-2025 Accreditation Audit.

Two (2) institutions were notified regarding failure to submit the 2023-2024 Accreditation Audit.

One (1) institution was notified regarding failure to submit the 2024-2025 Affirmation Statement.

Two (2) institutions were notified regarding failure to submit the 2023-2024 Affirmation Statement.

One (1) institution was granted a second-year postponement for re-evaluation.

Ninety-five (95) institutions were notified regarding failure to submit the 2024-2025 HEADS Data Survey.

Fifty-six (56) institutions were notified regarding failure to submit the 2023-2024 HEADS Data Survey.

One (1) institution was notified regarding failure to submit the 2022-2023 HEADS Data Survey.

Four (4) institutions were notified regarding monies outstanding for 2024-2025.

One (1) institution was notified regarding monies outstanding for 2023-2024.

Seventeen (17) institutions were notified regarding review of the 2023-2024 Supplemental Annual Report.

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