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Accreditation Assembly
The CoA Assembly subcommittee reviewed the results of the survey conducted this spring on attendance at the first Accreditation Assembly. Based on the information collected, the CoA developed a tentative agenda and scheduled the assembly to take place over one and a half days sometime between January 11 and 13, 2007. Planned topics include defining doctoral level education, broad and general training, and cultural and individual diversity in psychology. The CoA plans to provide details on the specific dates, location, costs, and programming this fall.
Public Comment
The CoA is in the process of drafting an Implementing Regulation related to academic residency for doctoral programs. The CoA plans to continue work on this proposed policy at its October meeting and hopes to make it available for public comment this fall.
Call for Site Visitors
The CoA is actively recruiting new site visitors to serve as the “eyes and ears” of the Committee in the accreditation process. The CoA makes a special effort to ensure diversity among site visitors. Therefore, the Committee strongly encourages the nomination of women and members of underrepresented groups. For more information on becoming a site visitor, please visit http://www.apa.org/ed/accreditation/
sitevisitprcs.html.
Annual Report Online Due
The Annual Report Online (ARO) closes on September 15. All accredited programs must complete this report. Please contact Kimberly Kirkpatrick
with any questions.
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Five CoA Chairs at the G&P anniversary party: Scotty Hargove, Ph.D. (2002-2003); Celiane Rey-Casserly, Ph.D. (2006); Ted Packard, Ph.D. (2004-2005); Sue Phillips, Ph.D., (2000-2001); Deborah Beidel, Ph.D. (1994-1996)
ARO Preparatory Data Sheets are available on the accreditation website for programs to download and use to collect data prior to entry into the online system. These are provided for the convenience of accredited programs and will not be accepted in lieu of completing the report online.
Annual Report Narratives
All accredited programs are reminded to review their most recent decisions letters and other correspondence from the CoA for any items on which they have been asked to provide a narrative report. This information is due to the Accreditation Office by September 15, 2006, unless otherwise specified.
In addition, all programs on “accredited, inactive” status are required to provide an annual request to the CoA to either continue on inactive status or return to active status.
Annual Accreditation Fees
The invoices for the 2006-2007 annual accreditation fees have been mailed to all currently accredited programs. These fees are due by December 30, 2006. Please contact the Accreditation Office if your program has not yet received its invoice.
G&P Anniversary
The CoA commemorated the 10-year anniversary of the Accreditation Guidelines and Principles at the APA Convention in New Orleans, LA. Former CoA members who were instrumental in drafting the G&P prior to its 1996 implementation joined in the celebration.
Now Available!
The 2004 Annual Report of the CoA is now available. This report includes a summary of actions taken by the CoA, as well as aggregate statistics on accredited programs. Contact apaaccred for a copy.
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