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Report of the Commission on Accreditation: August

July 2020

NEW MEMBERS

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

Institutions Granted Associate Membership:

 

Farmingdale State College
Bill Steedle
Chair, Department of Visual Communications
2350 Broadhollow Road
Farmingdale, NY 11735

The Lebanese American University
Elie Haddad
Dean, School of Architecture and Design
P.O. Box 13-5053
Beirut, Chouran 1102
Lebanon

Institutions Granted Membership:


University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Christopher Cassidy
Director, School of Art
P.O. Box 26170
Greensboro, NC 27402

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

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION

July 2020

Greg Watts, Chair

 

After positive action by the Commission on Accreditation, the following new institution was granted Associate Membership:

Farmingdale State College
The Lebanese American University

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

Progress Reports were accepted from five (5) institutions recently granted Associate Membership.

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

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Action was deferred on two (2) institutions applying for Membership.

Progress Reports were accepted from eight (8) institutions recently granted Membership.

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

Arcadia University
College of DuPage
Howard University
Minnesota State University Mankato
New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University
Nicholls State University
Otis College of Art and Design
Purdue University
Salem State University
Slippery Rock University
Southeastern Louisiana University
University of Central Arkansas
University of Memphis
University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point
Western Washington University (SPPA) 

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

Progress Reports were accepted from nineteen (19) institutions recently granted renewal of Membership.

Three (3) applications were approved for Substantive Change.

Seventy-six (76) programs were granted Plan Approval.

Action was deferred on seventy (70) programs submitted for Plan Approval.

Progress Reports were accepted from thirteen (13) institutions concerning programs recently granted Plan approval.

Forty-one (41) programs were granted Final Approval for Listing.

Action was deferred on fourteen (14) programs submitted for Final Approval for Listing.

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

Nine (9) institutions were granted second-year postponements for re-evaluation.

Two (2) institutions were granted a third-year postponement for re-evaluation.

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

Nine (9) institutions were notified regarding failure to submit the 2019-2020 HEADS Data Survey.

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

Forty-two (42) institutions were notified regarding review of the 2018-2019 Supplemental Annual Report.

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