ASPA Member Fields and Disciplines

ACUPUNCTURE: ACAOM
ALLIED HEALTH: CAAHEP
ARCHITECTURE: NAAB
ART & DESIGN: NASAD
ATHLETIC TRAINING: CAATE
AUDIOLOGY: ACAE
AUDIOLOGY / SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY: ASHA-CAA
BUSINESS: AACSB
CHIROPRACTIC: CCE-CoA
CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENCES: NAACLS
CONSTRUCTION: ACCE
COUNSELING: CACREP
DANCE: NASD
DENTISTRY: CODA
DIETETICS: CADE
ENGINEERING: ABET
ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAMS: CEA
FORENSIC SCIENCE: FEPAC
FUNERAL SERVICE: ABFSE
HEALTH EDUCATION SCHOOLS: ABHES
HEALTH INFORMATION: CAHIIM
HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT: CAHME (was ACEHSA)
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY: ATMAE (was NAIT)
INTERPRETER EDUCATION CCIE
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE: LAAB
LIBRARY & INFORMATION STUDIES: ALA-CoA
MARRIAGE & FAMILY THERAPY: COAMFTE
MEDICAL EDUCATION: LCME
MIDWIFERY EDUCATION: MEAC
MUSIC: NASM
NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE: CNME
NUCLEAR MEDICINE TECHNOLOGY: JRCNMT
NURSE ANESTHESIA: CoA-NA
NURSING: CCNE
NURSING: NLNAC
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY: ACOTE
OPTOMETRY: ACOE-AOA
OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE: AOA-COCA
PHARMACY: ACPE
PHARMACY: ASHP
PHYSICAL THERAPY: CAPTE
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT: ARC-PA
PLANNING: PAB
PODIATRIC MEDICINE: CPME
PROJECT MANAGEMENT: GACPM
PSYCHOANALYSIS: ABAP
PSYCHOANALYSIS: APsaA
PSYCHOLOGY: APA-CoA
PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND ADMINISTRATION: NASPAA-COPRA
PUBLIC HEALTH: CEPH
RABBINICAL & TALMUDIC EDUCATION: AARTS
RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY: JRCERT
RECREATION & PARKS: NRPA
REHABILITATION COUNSELING: CORE
RESPIRATORY CARE: CoARC
SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION: CSWE
TEACHER EDUCATION: NCATE
TEACHER EDUCATION: TEAC
TEACHER EDUCATION - EARLY CHILDHOOD: ECADA/NAEYC
TEACHER EDUCATION - MONTESSORI: MACTE Commission
THEATRE: NAST
VETERINARY MEDICINE: AVMA-CoE

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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

A Guidebook to Due Process for Accreditors Jan 07.
WHAT, ME WORRY? An Overview of Legal Concerns for Accreditors, 9/8/03
Legal Aspects of Electronic Record Retention: Playing Safe in an Era of New Options 4/4/05

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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