[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 172 (Wednesday, September 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 46637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22424]



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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation

    Date and Time: Wednesday, September 18, 1996, 9:00 a.m. until 5:30 
p.m.; Thursday, September 19, 1996, 9:00 a.m. until 5:30 p.m.; Friday, 
September 20, 1996, 9:00 a.m. until 5:30 p.m.
    Place: The Latham Hotel, 3000 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 
20007.
    Status: Parts of this meeting will be open to the public. Parts of 
this meeting will be closed to the public.
    Matters to be Considered: The standards of accreditation applied to 
medical schools by a number of foreign countries and the comparability 
of those standards to standards of accreditation applied to the United 
States medical schools. Discussions of the standards of accreditation 
will be held in sessions open to the public. Discussions that focus on 
specific determinations of comparability are closed to the public in 
order that each country may be properly notified of the decision.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 481 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965, as amended in 1992 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1088), the 
Secretary established within the Department of Education the National 
Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation. The 
Committee's responsibilities are to (1) evaluate the standards of 
accreditation applied to applicant foreign medical schools; and (2) 
determine the comparability of those standards to standards for 
accreditation applied to United States medical schools.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carol F. Sperry, Executive Director, National Committee on Foreign 
Medical Education and Accreditation, 600 Independence Avenue, S.W., 
Room 3905, ROB #3, Washington, D.C. 20202-7563. Telephone: (202) 260-
3636. Beginning Tuesday, September 10, 1996, you may call to obtain the 
identity of the countries whose standards are to be evaluated during 
this meeting.

    August 28, 1996.
David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 96-22424 Filed 9-3-96; 8:45 am]
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