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PublicationDate: 4/1/96 =========================================== Nationally Recognized Accrediting Agencies and Associations =========================================== The following regional and national accrediting agencies and associations are recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education as reliable authorities concerning the quality of education or training offered by the institutions of higher education or higher education programs they accredit. The dates specified for each entry are the date of initial listing as a nationally recognized agency or association, the date of the Secretary's most recent grant of renewed recognition based on the Advisory Committee's last full review of the agency, and the date of the agency's next scheduled review for renewal of recognition. REGIONAL INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITING ASSOCIATION Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont New England Association of Schools and Colleges 1952/1992/1997 Vincent Ferrandino, Executive Director 209 Burlington Road Bedford, Massachusetts 01730-1433 Tel. (617) 271-0022, Fax (617) 271-0950 Commission on Institutions of Higher Education New England Association of Schools and Colleges Charles Cook, Director Commission on Vocational, Technical, Career Institutions New England Association of Schools and Colleges Richard Mandeville, Director REGIONAL INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITING COMMISSIONS Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands Commission on Higher Education Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools 1952/1992/1996 Jean Avent Morse, Executive Director 3624 Market Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 Tel. (215) 662-5606, Fax (215) 662-5950 Commission on Secondary Schools Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools 1988/1991/1996 Joseph J. DeLucia, Executive Director 3624 Market Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 Tel. (215) 662-5606, Fax (215) 662-5905 Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming Commission on Institutions of Higher Education North Central Association of Colleges and Schools 1952/1992/1997 Patricia A. Thrash, Executive Director 30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2400 Chicago, Illinois 60602 Tel. (312) 263-0456, (800) 621-7440, Fax (312) 263-7462 Commission on Schools North Central Association of Colleges and Schools 1974/1992/1997 Kenneth F. Gose, Executive Director Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona 85287-3011 Tel. (800) 525-9517 Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington Commission on Colleges Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges 1952/1992/1997 Joseph A. Malik, Executive Director 3700-B University Way, N.E. Seattle, Washington 98105 Tel. (206) 543-0195, Fax (206) 685-4621 Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana. Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia Commission on Colleges Southern Association of Colleges and Schools 1952/1995/1999 James T. Rogers, Executive Director 1866 Southern Lane Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 Tel. (404) 679-4501 Ext. 512, (800) 248-7701, Fax (404) 679-4558 California, Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges Western Association of Schools and Colleges 1952/1992/1997 John C. Petersen, Executive Director P.O. Box 70 Aptos, California 95001 Tel. (408) 688-7575, Fax (408) 688-1841 Accrediting Commission for Schools Western Association of Schools and Colleges 1974/1995/1999 Donald G. Haught, Executive Director 533 Airport Boulevard, Suite 200 Burlingame, California 94010 Tel. (415) 375-7711 Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities Western Association of Schools and Colleges 1952/1995/1998 Ralph Wolff, Executive Director c/o Mills College, Box 9990 Oakland, California 94613-0990 Tel. (510) 632-5000, Fax (510) 632-8361 NATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL AND SPECIALIZED ACCREDITING BODIES ACUPUNCTURE First professional master's degree and professional master's level certificate and diploma programs in acupuncture and oriental medicine National Accreditation Commission for Schools and Colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine 1988/1995/1999 Dolores Llanso, Director, Administration Service 8403 Colesville Road, Suite 370 Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 Tel. (301) 608-9680, Fax (301) 608-9576 ALLIED HEALTH, GENERAL Private, postsecondary institutions offering allied health education Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools 1982/1995/1998 Carol Moneymaker, Administrator 2700 South Quincy Street, Suite 210 Arlington, Virginia 22206 Tel. (703) 998-1200, Fax (703) 998-2550 ALLIED HEALTH, OTHER Health education programs for the following: o Cytotechnologist o Diagnostic Medical Sonographer o Electroneurodiagnostic Technologist o Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic o Perfusionist o Physician Assistant o Respiratory Therapist & Respiratory Therapy Technician o Surgical Technologist Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs 1952/1988/1996 L. M. Detmer, Secretary 515 North State Street, Suite 7530 Chicago, Illinois 60610-4377 Tel. (312) 464-4623, Fax (312) 464-5830 The Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) is recognized as a coordinating agency for accreditation of education for the allied health occupations listed above. In carrying out its accreditation activities, CAAHEP cooperates with the Committees on Accreditation sponsored by various allied health and medical specialty organizations. For information concerning the cooperating review committee, refer to the disciplines as listed separately below. Other allied health disciplines accredited by agencies recognized by the Department outside the aegis of CAAHEP are listed elsewhere in this brochure. CYTOTECHNOLOGY Programs for the cytotechnologist Cytotechnology Programs Review Committee American Society of Cytopathology 1974/1988/1996 Shirley Indictor, Secretary 400 West 9th Street, Suite 201 Wilmington, Delaware 19801 Tel. (302) 429-8802, Fax (302) 429-8807 DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL SONOGRAPHY Programs for the diagnostic medical sonographer Joint Review Committee on Education in Diagnostic Medical Sonography (sponsored by the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Radiology, the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, the American Society of Echocardiography, the American Society of Radiologic Technologists, the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers, and the Society of Vascular Technology) 1983/1991/1996 Annamarie Dubies-Appel, Executive Director 7108-C South Alton Way Englewood, Colorado 80112-2901 Tel. (303) 741-3533, Fax (303) 741-3655 ELECTRONEURODIAGNOSTIC TECHNOLOGY Programs for the electroneurodiagnostic technologist Joint Review Committee on Education in Electroneurodiagnostic Technology (sponsored by the American Electroencephalographic Society and the American Society of Electroneurodiagnostic Technologists) 1983/1991/1996 Becky Appenzeller, Executive Secretary Route 1, Box 62 A Genoa, Wisconsin 54632 Tel. (608) 689-2058 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES Programs for the emergency medical technician-paramedic Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs for the EMT-Paramedic (sponsored by the American College of Emergency Physicians, the American College of Surgeons, the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians, the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians, the American College of Cardiology, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the National Council of State EMS Coordinators) 1983/1988/1996 Executive Secretary 1701 West Euless Boulevard, Suite 300 Euless, Texas 76040 Tel. (817) 283-2835, Fax (917) 354-8519 PERFUSION Programs for the perfusionist Accreditation Committee for Perfusion Education (sponsored by the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, the American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion, the American Society of Extracorporeal Technology, and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, the Perfusion Program Directors Council) 1983/1987/1996 Annamarie Dubies-Appel, Executive Director 7108-C South Alton Way Englewood, Colorado 80112-2106 Tel. (303) 741-3598, Fax (303) 741-3655 PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION Programs for the physician assistant Accreditation Review Committee on Education for Physician Assistant (sponsored by the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Physician Assistants, the American College of Physicians, the American College of Surgeons, and the Association for Physician Assistant Programs, the American Medical Association) 1974/1988/1996 John E. McCarty, Executive Director 1000 North Oak Avenue Marshfield, Wisconsin 54449-5788 Tel. (715) 389-3785, Fax (715) 389-3131 RESPIRATORY THERAPY Programs for the respiratory therapist and respirator therapy technician Joint Review Committee for Respiratory Therapy Education (sponsored by the American College of Chest Physicians, the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the American Thoracic Society 1974/1988/1996 Executive Director 1701 West Euless Boulevard, Suite 300 Euless, Texas 76040 Tel. (817) 283-2835, Fax (817) 354-8519 SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY Programs for the surgical technologist Accreditation Review Committee for the Surgical Technologist (sponsored by the American College of Surgeons, the American Hospital Association, and the Association of Surgical Technologists) 1978/1991/1996 Annamarie Dubies-Appel, Accreditation Manager 7108 C South Alton Way Englewood, Colorado 80112-2106 Tel. (303) 694-9262, Fax (303) 741-3655 ARCHITECTURE First professional degree programs National Architectural Accrediting Board, Inc. 1952/1991/1996 John Maudlin-Jeronimo, Executive Director 1735 New York Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20006 Tel. (202) 783-2007 ART AND DESIGN Degree-granting schools and departments and non-degree granting schools that are predominantly organized to offer education in art, design, or art/design-related disciplines. Commission on Accreditation National Association of Schools of Art and Design 1966/1992/1997 Samuel Hope, Executive Director, NASAD 11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21 Reston, Virginia 22090 Tel. (703) 437-0700, Fax (703) 437-6312 BIBLE COLLEGE EDUCATION Bible colleges and institutes offering undergraduate programs Commission on Accrediting Accrediting Association of Bible Colleges 1952/1991/1996 Randall E. Bell, Executive Director, AABC Box 1523 Fayetteville, Arkansas 72702 Tel. (501) 521-8164, Fax (501) 521-9202 BUSINESS Associate, baccalaureate, and master's degree programs in business administration, management, accounting, and related business fields offered by regionally accredited institutions Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs 1992/1995 Harold Lundy, Executive Director 7007 College Boulevard, Suite 420 Overland Park, Kansas 66211 Tel. (913) 339-9356 Private postsecondary schools, junior colleges, and senior colleges that are predominantly organized to educate students for business careers, including master's degree programs in senior colleges of business as well as independent, freestanding institutions offering only graduate business and business-related programs at the master's degree level. Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools 1956/1995/1999 Stephen D. Parker, Executive Director 750 First Street, NE, Suite 980 Washington, DC 20002-4242 Tel. (202) 336-6780, Fax (202) 842-2593 CHIROPRACTIC Programs leading to the D.C. degree Commission on Accreditation The Council on Chiropractic Education 1974/1992/1997 Paul D. Walker, Executive Vice President, CCE 7975 North Hayden Road, Suite A-210 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Tel. (602) 443-8877, Fax (602) 483-7333 CHRISTIAN EDUCATION Christian postsecondary institutions that offer certificates, diplomas and associate, baccalaureate, and graduate degrees Accrediting Commission Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools 1991/1995/1996 Earl A. Mills, Executive Director P.O. Box 328 Forest, Virginia 24551 Tel. (804) 525-9539, Fax (804) 525-9538 CONTINUING EDUCATION Non-collegiate continuing education institutions and programs Accrediting Commission Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training 1978/1994/1997 Roger Williams, Executive Director, ACCET Main Street Center 1560 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 900 Arlington, Virginia 22209 Tel. (703) 525-3000, Fax in (703) 525-3339 COSMETOLOGY Postsecondary schools and departments of cosmetology arts and sciences National Accrediting Commission of Cosmetology Arts and Sciences 1970/1995/1996 Mark Gross, Chief Executive Officer 901 North Stuart Street, Suite 900 Arlington, Virginia 22203 Tel. (703) 527-7600 CYTOTECHNOLOGY Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (See listing under ALLIED HEALTH, OTHER.) DANCE Institutions and units within institutions offering degree-granting and non-degree-granting programs in dance and dance-related disciplines Commission on Accreditation National Association of Schools of Dance 1983/1991/1997 Samuel Hope, Executive Director, NASD 11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21 Reston, Virginia 22090 Tel. (703) 437-0700, Fax (703) 437-6312 DENTAL AND DENTAL AUXILIARY PROGRAMS Programs leading to the DDS or DMD degree, advanced general dentistry and specialty programs, general practice residency programs and programs in dental hygiene, dental assisting and dental technology Commission on Dental Accreditation American Dental Association 1952/1995/2000 Dr. James J. Koelbl Associate Executive Director, Education Commission on Dental Accreditation American Dental Association 211 East Chicago Avenue, 18th Floor Chicago, Illinois 60611 Tel. (312) 440-2500, (800) 621-8099, Fax (312) 440-2915 DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL SONOGRAPHY Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (see listing under ALLIED HEALTH, OTHER.) DIETETICS Coordinated undergraduate programs in dietetics and post- baccalaureate dietetic internships Division of Education Accreditation/Approval The American Dietetic Association 1974/1991/1996 Beverly E. Mitchell, Administrator Department of Education, ADA 216 West Jackson Blvd., Suite 800 Chicago, Illinois 60606-6995 Tel. (312) 899-4872, Fax (312) 899-1758 DISTANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING Home study schools (including associate, baccalaureate, or master's degree-granting home study schools) Accrediting Commission Distance Education and Training Council (formerly the National Home Study Council) 1959/1994/1996 Michael P. Lambert, Executive Secretary 1601 18th Street, NW Washington, DC 20009 Tel. (202) 234-5100, Fax (202) 332-1386 ELECTRONEURODIAGNOSTIC TECHNOLOGY (see listing under ALLIED HEALTH, OTHER.) EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (see listing under ALLIED HEALTH, OTHER.) ENGINEERING Basic (baccalaureate) and advanced (master's) level programs in engineering, associate and baccalaureate degree programs in engineering technology, and engineering-related programs at the baccalaureate and advanced degree level Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. 1952/1992/1997 George D. Peterson, Executive Director 111 Market Place, Suite 1050 Baltimore, Maryland 21202 Tel. (410) 347-7700, Fax (410) 625-2238 ENVIRONMENT Baccalaureate programs in environmental health science and protection National Environmental Health Science and Protection Accreditation Council 1995/1996 Patricia Cancellier, Executive Director 6307 Huntover Lane Rockville, Maryland 20852 Tel. (301) 231-5205 FUNERAL SERVICE EDUCATION Institutions and programs awarding diplomas, associate degrees and bachelor's degrees Committee on Accreditation American Board of Funeral Service Education 1972/1992/1997 Gordon S. Bigelow, Executive Director, ABFSE 13 Gurnet Road, #316 PO Box 1305 Brunswick, Maine 04011 Tel. (207) 798-5801, Fax (207) 798-5988 HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION Graduate programs in health services administration Accrediting Commission on Education for Health Services Administration 1970/1995/2000 Karen Kanefield, Interim Executive Director 1911 North Fort Myer Drive, Suite 503 Arlington, Virginia 22209 Tel. (703) 524-0511, Fax (703) 525-4791 HISTOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY Programs for the histologic technician/technologist National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (sponsored by the American Society for Medical Technology and the American Society of Clinical Pathologists) 1974/1988/1996 Cynthia Wells, Ed.D., Chairman 8410 West Bryn Mawr Avenue, Suite 670 Chicago, Illinois 60631 Tel. (312) 714-8880, Fax (312) 714-8886 INTERIOR DESIGN Two-year preprofessional assistant level programs (certificate and associate degree), first professional degree level programs (master's and baccalaureate degree and three-year certificate) and post-professional master's degree programs. Committee on Accreditation Foundation for Interior Design Education Research 1976/1992/1997 Kayem Dunn, Executive Director, FIDER 60 Monroe Center, NW, Suite 300 Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503-2920 Tel. (616) 458-0400, Fax (616) 458-0460 JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATIONS Units within institutions offering professional undergraduate and graduate (master's) degree programs Accrediting Committee Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications 1952/1991/1996 Susanne Shaw, Executive Director, ACEJMC University of Kansas School of Journalism Stauffer-Flint Hall Lawrence, Kansas 66045 Tel. (913) 864-3986, Fax (913) 864-5225 LAW Professional schools of law Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar American Bar Association 1952/1992/1997 James P. White Consultant on Legal Education, ABA Indiana University 550 West North Street Indianapolis, Indiana 46202 Tel. (317) 264-8340, Fax (317) 264-8355 LIBERAL EDUCATION Institutions of higher education and programs within institutions of higher education that offer liberal arts degree(s) at the baccalaureate level or a documented equivalency American Academy for Liberal Education 1995/1997 Jeffrey D. Wallin, President American Academy for Liberal Education 1015 18th Street, NW, Suite 204 Washington, DC 20036 Tel (202) 452-8611, Fax (202) 452-8620 MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY Graduate degree programs and clinical training programs Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy 1978/1995/2000 Colleen Peterson, Executive Director Commission on Accreditation 1133 15th Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20005-2710 Tel. (202) 452-0109, Fax (202) 232-2329 MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN EDUCATION Schools and programs for the medical laboratory technician Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools 1969/1995/1998 (See listing under ALLIED HEALTH, GENERAL.) Associate degree and certificate programs for the medical laboratory technician National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences 1974/1988/1996 (See listing under HISTOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY.) MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY Professional programs National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences 1952/1988/1996 (See listing under HISTOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY.) MEDICINE Programs leading to the M.D. degree Liaison Committee on Medical Education of the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association and the American Medical Colleges 1952/1991/1996 The LCME is administered in odd-numbered years, beginning each July 1, by: Harry S. Jonas, Secretary, LCME American Medical Association 515 North State Street Chicago,Illinois 60610 Tel. (312) 464-4657, Fax (312) 464-5830 The LCME is administered in even-numbered years, beginning each July 1, by: Donald G. Kassebaum, Secretary, LCME Association of American Medical Colleges 2450 N Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20037 Tel. (202) 828-0596, Fax (202) 828-1125 MONTESSORI EDUCATION Montessori teacher education programs and institutions Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education 1995/1997 Joy Turner, President Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education 17583 Oak Street Fountain Valley, California 92708 Tel. (714) 968-0107, Fax (714) 964-0800 MUSIC Institutions and units within institutions offering degree- granting and non-degree granting programs in music and music- related disciplines including community/junior colleges and independent degree-granting institutions Commission on Accreditation Commission on Non-Degree-Granting Accreditation Commission on Community/Junior College Accreditation National Association of Schools of Music 1952/1992/1997 Samuel Hope, Executive Director, NASM 11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21 Reston, Virginia 22090 Tel. (703) 437-0700, Fax (703) 437-6312 NATUROPATHY Programs leading to the N.D. or N.M.D. degree Council on Naturopathic Medical Education 1987/1995/1999 Robert Lofft, Executive Director, CNME P. O. Box 11426 Eugene, Oregon 97440-3626 Tel. (503) 484-6028 NUCLEAR MEDICINE TECHNOLOGY Programs for the nuclear medicine technologist Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs in Nuclear Medicine Technology 1974/1995/1999 Elaine Cuklanz, Executive Director 1144 West 3300 South Salt Lake City, Utah 84119-3330 Tel. (801) 975-1144, Fax (801) 975-7872 NURSE ANESTHETISTS Generic nurse anesthesia educational programs/schools Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs American Association of Nurse Anesthetists 1955/1991/1996 Betty J. Horton, Director of Accreditation 222 South Prospect, Suite 304 Park Ridge, Illinois 60068-4010 Tel. (847) 692-7050, Fax (847) 693-7137 NURSE-MIDWIVES Basic certificate and graduate nurse-midwifery education programs for registered nurses, as well as the accreditation and preaccreditation of pre-certification nurse-midwifery education programs Division of Accreditation American College of Nurse-Midwives 1982/1995/2000 Helen Varney Burst, CNM, MSN, FACNM Chair, Division of Accreditation Nurse-Midwifery Program 818 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20006 Tel. (202) 728-9877, Fax (202) 728-9897 NURSING Programs in practical nursing, and diploma, associate, baccalaureate and higher degree nurse education programs Board of Review for Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Programs Board of Review for Diploma Programs Board of Review for Practical Nursing Programs Board of Review for Associate Degree Programs National League for Nursing, Inc. 1952/1995/1996 Patricia Moccia, CEO and Vice President for Accreditation Services, NLN 350 Hudson Street New York, New York 10014 Tel. (800) 669-1656, Fax (212) 989-3710 OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION Private, postsecondary degree and non-degree-granting institutions that are predominantly organized to educate students for trade, occupational, or technical careers Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology 1967/1995/1999 Thomas A. Kube, Executive Director 2101 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 302 Arlington, VA 22201 Tel. (703) 247-4212, Fax (202) 842-2585 Non-degree granting postsecondary occupational/vocational institutions and those postsecondary occupational/vocational education institutions currently accredited by the following agency that either have state authorization to grant the applied associate degree in specific vocational/occupational fields at the present time or that receive such authorization during the current two-year recognition period Council on Occupational Education (formerly the Commission on Occupational Education Institutions of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools) 1969/1995/1997 Harry L. Bowman, Executive Director 41 Perimeter Center East, NE, Suite 640 Atlanta, Georgia 30346 Tel. (770) 396-3898, (800) 917-2081, Fax (770) 396-3790 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY Professional Programs Accreditation Committee American Occupational Therapy Association 1952/1995/2000 Brena Manoly, Acting Director, Accreditation Department, AOTA 4720 Montgomery Lane P.O Box 31220 Bethesda, Maryland 20824-1220 Tel. (301) 652-2682, Fax (301) 652-7711 OPTICIANRY Two-year programs for the ophthalmic dispenser and one-year programs for the ophthalmic laboratory technician Commission on Opticianry Accreditation 1985/1992/1997 Floyd H. Holmgrain, Jr., Executive Director 10111 Martin Luther King, Jr. Highway, Suite 100 Bowie, Maryland 20720-4299 Tel. (301) 459-8075, Fax (301)577-3880 OPTOMETRY Professional optometric degree programs, optometric residency programs, and optometric technician programs Council on Optometric Education American Optometric Association 1952/1992/1997 Joyce Urbeck, Manager 243 North Lindbergh Boulevard St. Louis, Missouri 63141 Tel. (314) 991-4100, Fax (314) 991-4101 OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE Programs leading to the D.O. degree Bureau of Professional Education American Osteopathic Association 1952/1995/2000 W. Douglas Ward, Director Department of Education, AOA 142 East Ontario Street Chicago, Illinois 60611 Tel. (312) 280-5800 PASTORAL EDUCATION Basic, advanced, and supervisory clinical pastoral education programs Accreditation Commission Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc. 1969/1991/1996 Helen H. Patton, Acting Executive Director, ACPE 1549 Claremont Road, Suite 103 Decatur, Georgia 30033 Tel. (404) 320-1472 PERFUSION (See listing under ALLIED HEALTH, OTHER.) PHARMACY Professional degree programs American Council on Pharmaceutical Education 1952/1995/2000 Daniel A. Nona, Executive Director 311 West Superior Chicago, Illinois 60610 Tel. (312) 664-3575, Fax (312) 664-4652 PHYSICAL THERAPY Professional programs for the physical therapist and programs for the physical therapist assistant Commission on Accreditation in Education American Physical Therapy Association 1977/1990/1996 Virginia Nieland, Director Department of Accreditation, APTA Trans Potomac Plaza 1111 North Fairfax Street Alexandria, Virginia 22314 Tel. (703) 684-3245, Fax (703) 684-7344 PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION (See listing under ALLIED HEALTH, OTHER.) PODIATRY Colleges of podiatric medicine, including first professional and graduate degree programs Council on Podiatric Medical Education American Podiatric Medical Association 1952/1995/2000 Jay Levrio, Director 9312 Old Georgetown Road Bethesda, Maryland 20814-2752 Tel. (301) 571-9200, Fax (301) 530-2752 PSYCHOLOGY Doctoral programs in clinical, counseling, school and combined professional-scientific psychology, and predoctoral internship programs in professional psychology Committee on Accreditation American Psychological Association 1970/1992/1997 Paul Nelson, Administrative Officer of Accreditation, APA 750 First Street, NE Washington, DC 20002-4242 Tel. (202) 336-5979, Fax (202) 336-5978 PUBLIC HEALTH Graduate schools of public health and graduate programs offered outside schools of public health in community health education and in community health/preventive medicine Council on Education for Public Health 1974/1992/1997 Patricia Evans, Executive Director 1015 15th Street, NW, Suite 403 Washington, DC 20005 Tel. (202) 789-1050, Fax (202) 289-8274 RABBINICAL AND TALMUDIC EDUCATION Advanced rabbinical and Talmudic schools Accreditation Commission Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools 1974/1992/1997 Bernard Fryshman, Executive Vice-President, AARTS 175 Fifth Avenue, Room 711 New York, New York 10010 Tel. (212) 477-0950, Fax (212) 533-5335 RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY Educational programs for radiographer and radiation therapists Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology 1957/1995/1999 Marilyn Fay, Executive Director 20 North Wacker Drive, Suite 900 Chicago, Illinois 60606-2901 Tel. (312) 704-5300, Fax (312) 704-5304 RESPIRATORY THERAPY (See listing under ALLIED HEALTH, OTHER.) SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY AND AUDIOLOGY Master's degree programs American Speech-Language-Hearing Association 1967/1991/1997 Zenobia Bagli, Ph.D., Director Academic Affairs and Credentialing Division 10801 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 20852 Tel. (301) 897-5700, Fax (301) 571-0457 SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY (See listing under ALLIED HEALTH, OTHER.) TEACHER EDUCATION Baccalaureate and graduate programs for the preparation of teachers and other professional personnel for elementary and secondary schools National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education 1952/1995/1999 Arthur Wise, President 2010 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036-1023 Tel. (202) 466-7496, Fax (202) 296-6620 THEATER Institutions and units within institutions offering degree-granting and/or non-degree-granting programs in theater and theater-related disciplines Commission on Accreditation National Association of Schools of Theater 1982/1991/1997 Samuel Hope, Executive Director, NAST 11250 Roger Bacon Drive. Suite 21 Reston, Virginia 22090 Tel. (703) 437-0700, Fax (703) 437-6312 THEOLOGY Freestanding schools, as well as schools affiliated with larger institutions offering graduate professional education for ministry and graduate study of theology Commission on Accrediting Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada 1952/1995/1998 James L. Waits, Executive Director, ATS 10 Summit Park Drive Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15275-1103 Tel. (412) 788-6505, Fax (412) 788-6510 VETERINARY MEDICINE Colleges of veterinary medicine offering programs leading to a professional degree Council on Education American Veterinary Medical Association 1952/1992/1997 Edward R. Ames, Director Scientific Activities, AVMA 1931 North Meacham Road, Suite 100 Schaumburg, Illinois 60173 Tel. (708) 925-8070, Fax (708) 925-1329 OTHER Registration [accreditation] of collegiate degree-granting programs or curriculums offered by institutions of higher education and of credit-bearing certificate and diploma programs offered by degree-granting institutions of higher education New York State Board of Regents 1952/1995/1998 Richard Mills, Commissioner of Education State Education Department The University of the State of New York Albany, New York 12224 Tel. (518) 474-5844 |