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The Accreditation Committee's Decision
The Board of Director’s Accreditation
Committee makes the final accreditation decision.
After the Accreditation Panel
has made its accreditation
recommendations, the TEAC staff sends the Panel’s Accreditation
Report to the program head, who has two weeks in which to respond
in writing to the recommendations in the report. In anticipation
of the next meeting of the Accreditation Committee, the President
of TEAC collects, reviews, and distributes the appropriate documents
from the accreditation process. At its next scheduled meeting, the
Accreditation Committee reviews the final Audit Report, any reports
from consulting reviewers, the Accreditation Report, the Inquiry
Brief, any information provided by TEAC's president, and any responses
from the program under review. After deliberation, the Accreditation
Committee either accepts or rejects by a majority vote the recommendation
of the Accreditation Panel.
In the unlikely event that the Accreditation
Committee fails to accept the Panel’s recommendation, the
Committee gives written reasons for its own decision to reject the
recommendations in the Accreditation Report and to formulate new
ones. The program may appeal the Accreditation Committee’s
decision and an Appeals Panel, appointed by the chair of the Board
of Directors, hears the appeal in accordance with TEAC’s policy
on appeals.
The Accreditation
Committee Meeting utilizes the following format:
- Presentation of the Case
- Certification of the Process
- Consideration of the Accreditation Panel's
Recommendations
- Decision, Minutes, Report
- Debriefing
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