[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 28 (Friday, February 10, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7947-7948]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3343]



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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Recognition of an Accrediting Agency

agency: Department of Education.

action: Request for Comments on an Agency applying to the Secretary for 
a Change in the Agency's Requested Scope of Recognition. The Agency has 
also undergone a name change.

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dates: Commentors should submit their written comments by March 27, 
1995 to the address below.

for further information contact: Carl S. Person, Chief, Accrediting 
Agency Evaluation Branch, U.S. Department of Education, 600 
Independence Avenue SW., Room 3036 ROB-3, Washington, DC 20202-5171, 
telephone: (202) 708-7417.

submission of third-party comments: The Secretary of Education 
recognizes, as reliable authorities as to the quality of education 
offered by institutions or programs within their scope, accrediting 
agencies that meet certain criteria for recognition. The purpose of 
this notice is to invite interested third parties to present written 
comments on the agency listed in this notice which has applied for 
continued recognition.
    The National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and 
Integrity (the ``Advisory Committee'') advises the Secretary of 
Education on the recognition of accrediting agencies and State approval 
agencies. The Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet May 24-26, 1995 
in Washington, DC. All written comments received regarding the agency 
listed in this Notice will be considered by both the Advisory Committee 
and the Secretary.
    The following agency will be reviewed during the May 1995 meeting 
of the Advisory Committee:

Nationally Recognized Accrediting Agencies and Associations

Request to Expand the Agency's Current Scope of Recognition

    1. Commission on Occupational Education Institutions of the Council 
on Occupational Education [formerly the Southern Association of 
Colleges and Schools, Commission on Occupational 
[[Page 7948]] Education Institutions] (requested scope of recognition: 
for recognition with a national scope, instead of regional, for the 
accreditation and preaccreditation {``Candidate for Accreditation''} of 
postsecondary, pre-baccalaureate, (degree granting and non degree-
granting), vocational education institutions).
    An earlier request for comments regarding this agency was published 
in the Federal Register on Thursday, December 22, 1994 Vol. 59, No. 
245, pp. 66009-66011. The December Federal Register Notice, however, 
listed the agency under its former name and did not include the 
agency's request for expansion of scope of recognition.

Public Inspection of Petitions and Third-Party Comments

    Third-party comments received in advance of the meeting will be 
available for public inspection at the U.S. Department of Education, 
ROB-3, Room 3036, 7th and D Streets SW., Washington, DC 20202-5171, 
telephone (202) 708-7417 between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., 
Monday through Friday. Individuals who use a telecommunications device 
for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service at 1-
800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through 
Friday.
David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 95-3343 Filed 2-9-95; 8:45 am]
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