On this podcast, Dr. Martha Mock, professor and director of the Center for Disability and Education at University of Rochester and chair of Think College National Coordinating Center Accreditation Workgroup, shares what the workgroup has been doing to develop and launch accrediting processes for college and university programs for students with ID. Topics covered in the podcast include:
This video shares a 20 minute video interview with Dr. Kelly Kelley of Western Carolina University. WCU's University Participant program became the first accredited program for students with ID in the country in March, 2023. In this interview, Kelly shares about her experience during the accreditaton process and offers insights and tips to other program directors.
This video was recorded for and shared at the 2023 TPSID Project Director Meeting in Portland OR., July 2023.
This document was created as an introduction to accreditation standards. It is intended for readers to gain a general sense of the kinds of issues that are addressed in the standards and begin to understand the overall concepts that are addressed. While it in no way captures all the nuance and detail that is required to fully understand each standard, it can serve as a general introduction for those first exploring accreditation standards for college programs for students with intellectual disability.
This resource shares the PPT slides from a session at the State of the Art Conference 2021 that shared the current status of the accreditation process as well as the recommendations from the recent Report to Congress. This session was presented by: Martha Mock, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, University of Rochester, Debra Hart, Director of Education and Transition, Institute for Community Inclusion, and Stephanie Smith Lee, Senior Policy Advisor, National Down Syndrome Congress.
The NCC Accreditation Workgroup is comprised of individuals who bring expertise in college programs for students with intellectual disability, higher education accreditation, employment of individuals with disabilities, disability policy and higher education administration. The Workgroup will meet to refine and implement a program accreditation process so that the program accreditation standards finalized in 2020 may be used to accredit college programs. Note that these meetings are for accreditation workgroup members only, not open to the public.
The NCC Accreditation Workgroup is comprised of individuals who bring expertise in college programs for students with intellectual disability, higher education accreditation, employment of individuals with disabilities, disability policy and higher education administration. The Workgroup will meet to refine and implement a program accreditation process so that the program accreditation standards finalized in 2020 may be used to accredit college programs. Note that these meetings are for accreditation workgroup members only, not open to the public.
The NCC Accreditation Workgroup is comprised of individuals who bring expertise in college programs for students with intellectual disability, higher education accreditation, employment of individuals with disabilities, disability policy and higher education administration. The Workgroup will meet to refine and implement a program accreditation process so that the program accreditation standards finalized in 2020 may be used to accredit college programs. Note that these meetings are for accreditation workgroup members only, not open to the public.
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.
This Executive Summary provides a brief overview of the entire 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. It includes the model accreditation standards and recommendations to Congress and the Department of Education.
The 2016-2020 National Coordinating Center Accreditation Workgroup submitted this statutorily mandated report to the US Department of Education Secretary and relevant Congressional committees in May 2021, summarizing the work of this Accreditation Workgroup and outlining revisions to the Model Program Accreditation Standards that were developed by the 2011-2015 Workgroup. This new report includes highlights of lessons learned from public input and a field test of the original standards, as well as recommendations to Congress and the Secretary of Education.
