ASPA Documents


Code of Good Practice for a National Service/Oversight Organization

Principles for Reviewing Policy and Legislative Proposals Re: Institutional and Specialized Accreditation (Endorsed 4/4/05)

A Message to Our Publics

Accreditation Acronyms

Accreditation in the United States

ASPA Amicus Curiae Brief

ASPA Digest of Best Practices - Developing New Members of the Board

ASPA Statement on Professional Doctorates - September 2008

Collaborative Evaluations by Regional and Specialized Accrediting Agencies

Historical Statements for Accrediting Bodies
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Authored by Others


Lucien "Skip" Capone III, University Counsel, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Protecting Residency Programs' ACGME Compliance Documents from Disclosure Under State Public Records Acts by Douglas Carlson, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago (ACGME Counsel), November 2004

Reauthorization: America's Conversation with Its Postsecondary Schools (Summary) by Bernard Fryshman, Executive Vice President, Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools - February 10, 2004 ((Full Paper - 70 pages - see table of contents))

Consistency in Accrediting Team Recommendations by Katy E. Marre, Associate Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio (April 2003)

Autonomy and Integrity in the Era of Collaboration and Cooperation by Steve Crow (September 2002)

Success With Respect to Student Achievement by Karen W. Kershenstein (June 2002)

Are Universities Overrun by Accreditors? A Look at the Data
(Dr. David J. Werner - The CHEA Chronical - October 2001, Volume 4, Number 2)

Recognition Chronology Compiled by Cynthia A. Davenport

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