At the summer 2025 meeting, the Commission on Accreditation (CoA) reviewed public comments received regarding Implementing Regulations (IRs) C-10 M, C-11 D, C-29 I, and C-25 P. These IRs pertain to distance education at the master’s, doctoral, internship, and postdoctoral levels of training and changes include the alignment of the master’s and doctoral IRs as well as the internship and postdoctoral IRs. All four of these IRs were approved by the CoA and will be implemented starting on January 1, 2026.
Following the Commission’s summer 2025 meeting, the following three items are available for public notice:
Use of narrative annual reports for reaffirmation of accredited status and monitoring of individual programs
The CoA has updated this policy to include narrative annual reports for master’s programs.
Procedures for notification of CoA actions in accordance with the Secretary of Education’s standards for recognition of accrediting agencies
The Commission has clarified this policy to align the CoA’s policies with its current action regarding written notice of an initiated adverse action.
Commission on Accreditation policy on research studies
The CoA has updated this policy to include master's cohort groups as well as a new student achievement measure for master's programs.
In accordance with the APA “Policies for Accreditation Governance” and the US Department of Education regulations for notice and comment, the CoA is providing additional information and making the changes available for a thirty (30) day period of public notice starting on September 8, 2025. On behalf of the CoA, thank you in advance for your review. Information about the proposed standards and public notice is available on the CoA websiteopens in new window.