

Membership Procedures



Site Map: Membership Procedures
Individual Membership
Accredited Institutional Membership
	Especially for New Applicants
	Official NASM Standards and Procedures for New and Renewal Applications
	Supplemental Resources
	Other Procedures
Resources for Visiting Evaluators

Achievement and Quality: Higher Education in the Arts

Accrediting Commission for Community and Precollegiate Arts Schools (ACCPAS)

Council of Arts Accrediting Associations (CAAA)

Higher Education Arts Data Services (HEADS)

National Office for Arts Accreditation (NOAA)

Accredited Institutional Membership

The NASM Handbook contains standards and guidelines used to make decisions about accredited institutional Membership.This section of the NASM Web site explains procedures only.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The NASM Handbook (the content) and the Membership Procedures documents (the process) must be used together in reviews for accredited institutional Membership.

NEW APPLICANTS
Includes welcome message and important recommendations for institutions considering Membership or making an application for the first time.

OFFICIAL NASM STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES
FOR NEW AND RENEWAL APPLICATIONS
Specific complete procedures for full reviews for first-time applications or continuation of Accredited Institutional Membership. These procedures include applications for new curricula and substantive change occurring at the time of the full review.

OTHER PROCEDURES
A list of other NASM procedures, with links to locations of each. These are primarily associated with Accredited Institutional Membership, but also includes procedures related to two unique types of non-accredited reviews.

PLEASE NOTE:

The "Quick Links" on the right side of this page may be useful to instantly locate the resources represented there.

QUICK LINKS

SITE MAP: An at-a-glance guide to the layout of the Membership Procedures portion of the Web site.

RENEWING MEMBERSHIP? Familiar with NASM Procedures? Use these quick links to go directly to the essentials:

Self-Study Formats. For descriptions of and differences among the optional Self-Study formats and which is right for your institution, go to Comparisons Among Self-Study Formats

Just the Documents. To review and/or print your choice of the three Self-Study formats, along with associated instructions, procedures for institutions, and required forms, go to Self-Study Formats and Associated Procedures.

Resources for Self-Study. To review additional useful resources and recommended reading for writers of Self-Studies, go to Supplemental Resources.

New Curricula. To review procedures and instructions for submitting an application for Plan Approval and/or Final Approval for Listing, go to New Curricula Applications.

Optional Response to the Visitors' Report. To obtain instructions for submitting an Optional Response to the Visitors' Report, go to Submission of Optional Response.

Responses, Progress Reports. To obtain instructions for submitting a response or progress report to the Commission, go to Submission of Response or Progress Report.

NASM Visitors. To review procedures and instructions for preparing a Visitors' Report and other useful resources for evaluators, go to Resources for Visiting Evaluators.

GET THE NASM HANDBOOK

The NASM Handbook includes NASM Standards and Guidelines for degree-granting and non-degree-granting institutions in music, as well as the Association's Constitution, Bylaws, and Code of Ethics.

Free access is available on this Web site to an Adobe Acrobat PDF version of the Handbook, or you may purchase a print copy at a cost of $20.00.

To get a copy of the latest edition of the Handbook in either format, go to Publications/Books, and select the link that corresponds with your choice.