The Commission on Accreditation reviewed public comment regarding IR D.4-11 Voluntary Withdrawal from Accreditation and voted to adopt the IR into the Section D book. IR D.8-4 Procedure for Notice of Reasons for Denial or Revocation of Accreditation or Denial of a Site Visit by the APA CoA was also adopted after its period of public notice.
The CoA voted to approve the following three IRs for a sixty-day period of public review and comment:
- IR C-30 D Partnership/Consortium: The CoA provides details on partnerships and consortiums of accredited doctoral programs via this IR. Presented additions include detailed information on the development and dissolution of a consortium.
- IR D.4-5 Monitoring of Programs on “Accredited, Inactive” Status: An accredited program may request to be placed on accredited, inactive status for one year at a time per the AOP (§8.2). This IR provides details of the inactive process for programs at all levels and changes provide clarification to APA-accredited programs at each level regarding different types of inactive requests and the necessary procedures.
- IR E.3-2 Conflict of Interest Policy for Site Visitors: In addition, the CoA developed regulations to minimize conflict of interest throughout its practices in Section E.3 via its self-governance IRs. This IR focuses on the conflict of interest in site visitors. Clarification on possible conflicts of interest has been provided.
These documents will be made available for public commentopens in new window starting at 5 p.m. ET on August 22, 2022 and will continue through 5 p.m. ET on October 21, 2022.
The CoA also voted to approve IR E.1-5 Accreditation Reference Library for a thirty-day period of public notice. This IR describes a reference library of documents that benefit CoA members, and updates create a more robust path for the addition of documents while providing the CoA’s Communication Work Group more autonomy in maintaining the library. This document will be made available for public noticeopens in new window starting on August 22, 2022.