Call for Public Comment on Applicants for CAA Accreditation
Feb 1, 2007
In accordance with the Council on Academic Accreditation’s (CAA) Policy and Procedures on Public Comment the CAA is seeking public comment as part of its review of the Southeastern Louisiana University’s Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders graduate education program in speech-language pathology application for re-accreditation by the CAA.
Individuals who wish to provide input about a CAA-accredited program seeking continued accreditation may do so in two ways:
· by submitting written comments prior to the accreditation site visit in accordance with the procedures specified in the Policy and Procedures on Public Comment:
Comments should be submitted to:
Accreditation Public Comment
Council on Academic Accreditation in
Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA)
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
10801 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 20852
Fax: 301-571-0481
· by providing comments to the site visit team during the program’s scheduled site visit on March 5, 2007, at 4:00 pm in Room 209, Charles W. Campbell Hall.
All comments must:
· relate to a program’s compliance with the published Standards for Accreditation of Graduate Education Programs in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (Standards), effective January 1, 1999, AND
· identify the specific program seeking candidacy, initial accreditation, or continued accreditation with the CAA.
Comments that do not meet the requirements as articulated in the Policy and Procedures on
Public Comment will not be considered, and the individual or group commenting will be so notified.
Copies of the Standards and/or the CAA’s Policy and Procedures on Public Comment (PDF format) are available on the ASHA Web site. These documents also may be obtained by sending a written request to the Accreditation Office at ASHA, 10801 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, by calling ASHA’s Action Center at 1-800-498-2071, by sending an e-mail to accreditation@asha.org or on ASHA’s web site at http://asha.org/about/credentialing/accreditation/.