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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 

National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and 
Integrity; Meeting

AGENCY: National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and 
Integrity, Education.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the proposed agenda of the National 
Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity. Notice of 
this meeting is required under section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act. This document is intended to notify the general public 
of its opportunity to attend this public meeting.

DATES AND TIMES: December 5-6, 1994--8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The Ramada Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, NW., Washington, 
D.C. 20002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol F. Sperry, Executive Director, 
National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, 
U.S. Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 3122A, 
ROB 3, Washington, D.C. 20202-7592. Telephone: (202) 260-3636. 
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may 
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 
between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Advisory Committee on 
Institutional Quality and Integrity is established under Section 1205 
of the Higher Education Act (HEA) as amended by Public Law 102-325 (20 
U.S.C. 1145). The Committee advises the Secretary of Education with 
respect to the establishment and enforcement of the standards of 
accrediting agencies or associations under subpart 2 of part H of Title 
IV, HEA, the recognition of a specific accrediting agency or 
association, the preparation and publication of the list of nationally 
recognized accrediting agencies and associations, the eligibility and 
certification process for institutions of higher education under Title 
IV, HEA, and the functions of the Secretary under subpart 1 of part H 
of Title IV, HEA, relating to State institutional integrity standards. 
The Committee also develops and recommends to the Secretary standards 
and criteria for specific categories of vocational training 
institutions and institutions of higher education for which there are 
no recognized accrediting agencies, associations, or State agencies, in 
order to establish eligibility for such institutions on an interim 
basis for participation in federally funded programs.

Agenda

    The meeting on December 5-6, 1994 is open to the public. The 
Advisory Committee will review petitions and interim reports of 
accrediting and State approval bodies relative to initial or continued 
recognition by the Secretary of Education. It also will review a 
petition by a Federal agency for master's degree-granting authority. In 
addition, the Committee will hear presentations by representatives of 
these petitioning agencies and any third parties who have requested to 
be heard. The following petitions and interim reports are scheduled for 
review:

Nationally Recognized Accrediting Agencies and Associations

Petitions for Initial Recognition

    1. The National Environmental Health Science and Protection 
Accreditation Council (requested scope of recognition: the 
accreditation and preaccreditation of baccalaureate programs in 
environmental health science and protection).

    Note: The petition submitted by the American Board for 
Accreditation in Psychoanalysis for initial recognition was 
scheduled for review during this meeting, but, at the agency's 
request, the review of the petition is being deferred until a future 
meeting of the Advisory Committee (date still to be determined).

Petitions for Renewal of Recognition

    1. Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training, 
Accrediting Commission (requested scope of recognition: the 
accreditation of non-collegiate continuing education institutions and 
programs).
    2. Distance Education and Training Council, Accrediting Commission 
[formerly the National Home Study Council, Accrediting Commission] 
(requested scope of recognition: the accreditation of distance 
education and training institutions offering non-degree and associate, 
baccalaureate, and master's degree programs primarily through distance 
learning).
    Interim Reports (An interim report is a follow-up report on an 
agency's compliance with specific criteria for recognition that was 
requested by the Secretary when the Secretary granted recognition to 
the agency)--
    1. American Bar Association, Council of the Section of Legal 
Education and Admission to the Bar.
    2. Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of 
Technology (formerly the National Association of Trade and Technical 
Schools).
    3. American Optometric Association, Council on Optometric 
Education.
    4. American Psychological Association, Committee on Accreditation.
    5. American Veterinary Medical Association, Committee on Veterinary 
Technician Education Activities.
    6. American Veterinary Medical Association, Council on Education.
    7. Council on Opticianry Association.
    8. Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on 
Secondary Schools.
    9. National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education.
    10. North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission 
on Schools.

State Agencies Recognized for the Approval of Public Postsecondary 
Vocational Education

Petitions for Renewal of Recognition

1. Oklahoma State Board of Vocational and Technical Education
2. Oklahoma State Regents of Higher Education
3. Utah State Board of Vocational Education

State Agencies Recognized for the Approval of Nurse Education

Petitions for Renewal of Recognition

1. Maryland State Board of Nursing
    In accordance with the Federal policy governing the granting of 
academic degrees by Federal agencies (approved by a letter from the 
Director, Bureau of the Budget, to the Secretary, Health, Education, 
and Welfare, dated December 23, 1954), the Secretary is required to 
establish a review committee to advise the Secretary concerning any 
legislation that may be proposed that would authorize the granting of 
degrees by a Federal agency. The review committee forwards its 
recommendation concerning a Federal agency's proposed degree-granting 
authority to the Secretary, who then forwards the committee's 
recommendation and the Secretary's recommendation to the Office of 
Management and Budget for review and transmittal to the Congress. The 
Secretary uses the Advisory Committee as the review committee required 
for this purpose. Accordingly, the Advisory Committee will review the 
following institution at this meeting:

Proposed Master's Degree--Granting Authority

    1. Command and General Staff College, Marine Corps University, 
Quantico, Virginia (for the Master of Military Studies).
    A request for comments on all agencies whose petitions, interim 
reports, and request for degree-granting authority are being reviewed 
during this meeting was published in the Federal Register on September 
7, 1994.
    Requests for oral presentation before the Advisory Committee should 
be submitted in writing to Ms. Sperry at the address above by November 
22, 1994. Requests should include the names of all persons seeking an 
appearance, the organization they represent, and the purpose for which 
the presentation is requested. Any written materials presenters may 
wish to give to the Advisory Committee must be submitted to Ms. Sperry 
by November 30 (one original and 25 copies). Only documents submitted 
by that date will be considered by the Advisory Committee. Presenters 
are requested not to distribute written materials at the meeting.
    At the conclusion of the meeting, attendees may, at the discretion 
of the Committee chair, be invited to address the committee briefly on 
issues pertaining to the functions of the committee, as identified in 
the section above on Supplementary Information. Participants interested 
in making such comments should inform Ms. Sperry before or during the 
meeting.
    A record will be made of the proceedings of the meeting and will be 
available for public inspection at the Office of Postsecondary 
Education, U.S. Department of Education, 7th and D Streets, SW, room 
3036, ROB 3, Washington, DC, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

    Authority: 5 U.S.C.A. Appendix 2.

    Dated: November 2, 1994.
David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
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