This document includes the original, 2021 version of program accreditation standards, guidance on how to address those standards in your inclusive college program, and the documentation that will be required to indicate that the standard is met. For the current version, see the 2024 Program Accreditation Guidance Manual.
These also appear in the full Report on Model Accreditation Standards for Higher Education Programs for Students with Intellectual Disability: Progress on the Path to Education, Employment, and Community Living by the 2016-2020 NCC Accreditation Workgroup.
The entire report can be found here.
The Executive Summary can be found here.
Think College National Coordinating Center Accreditation Workgroup (2021). Model Accreditation Standards for Higher Education Programs for Students with Intellectual Disability. Boston, MA: University of Massachusetts Boston, Institute for Community Inclusion.