NASM STANDARDS REVIEW

Last Updated: August 13, 2010

NASM conducts reviews of its standards for institutional membership in two formats: comprehensive reviews and specific reviews.

Comprehensive reviews consider the standards as a whole or a particular set of standards (e.g. graduate, undergraduate, non-degree-granting, operational). Specific reviews consider particular portions or elements of the standards, or new standards.

Status reports regarding comprehensive and specific standards review efforts are provided below, along with links to any texts available for comment.

PLEASE NOTE       Until any proposed changes have been approved by an affirmative vote of institutional       representatives to NASM, the official standards in effect are those published in the        latest edition of the NASM Handbook and any current Handbook Addenda.       Unless specifically stated otherwise, this portion of the NASM Web site contains only        texts associated with standards reviews or proposals for changes. These texts are        not to be used in the NASM accreditation process.

All draft proposals will be posted here as they are approved for public comment. Indications will be provided for each proposal regarding the type of review, the dates of comment periods, and whether the proposal is scheduled for hearings or for a final vote by the NASM membership.

Representatives of member institutions and other interested parties, including students, are cordially invited to read and comment on standards drafts. Those wishing to comment are urged to read the introductory material to each draft standards text. If you have a comment, please share it during the present comment period. Do not wait for a later draft. Comment forwarding instructions are provided on each draft text.

Although NASM will not be able to acknowledge every comment individually, the Association is grateful to those making specific suggestions. You need not comment if you think a text is satisfactory.

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Most hyperlinked review documents listed within these pages are available
both in Microsoft Word* format or as Adobe Acrobat PDF files, and may be
downloaded by clicking on your choice as indicated.  To view or print PDF
files, you will need to have or install Adobe Acrobat Reader.

*NOTE: The NASM Handbook is not available in MS Word format.  

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There are no comprehensive standards reviews open for comment at this time.

FORTHCOMING:

The next comprehensive standards review will begin in 2015.

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STATUS REPORT:
SPECIFIC STANDARDS REVIEWS

TEXT NOW AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT ONLY:

There are no specific standards reviews currently open for comment.