1/2024 – 6/2025
This calendar contains major, but not all, deadlines and events.
JANUARY
January 15, 2024
Third-Party Comment Opens
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the spring Commission meetings)
January 28-31, 2024
Winter Executive Committee Meetings
(Hyatt Centric Chicago Magnificent Mile – Chicago, Illinois)
FEBRUARY
February 15, 2024
Third-Party Comment Closes
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the spring Commission meetings)
MARCH
No major events.
MAY
May 1, 2024
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
-Optional Responses
-Responses, Progress Reports
-New Curricula
-Substantive Change
(for consideration at the spring Commission meetings)
May 30 – June 3, 2024
NASM Spring Commission Meeting
(Hilton McLean – Tyson’s Corner, VA)
APRIL
No major events.
JUNE
June 1, 2024
Annual reporting documents emailed:
–Accreditation Audit 2024-2025
–Affirmation Statement 2024-2025
May 30 – June 3, 2024
NASM Spring Commission Meeting
(Hilton McLean – Tyson’s Corner, VA)
June 30, 2024
Third-Party Comment Opens
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the fall Commission meetings)
JULY
July 1, 2024
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
–Accreditation Audit 2024-2025
–Affirmation Statement 2024-2025
July 29, 2024
Third-Party Comment Closes
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the fall Commission meetings)
AUGUST
August 1, 2024
NASM Invoices emailed for 2024-2025
(Payment due upon receipt; invoices may be paid online.)
–Application Fees
SEPTEMBER
September 1, 2024
NASM Invoices emailed for 2024-2025
(Payment due upon receipt; invoices may be paid online.)
–Accredited Institutional Membership Dues
–Library Subscription Fees
Annual reporting document emailed:
–Supplemental Annual Report 2023-2024
OCTOBER
October 1, 2024
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
–Responses, Progress Reports
–New Curricula
–Substantive Change
(for consideration at the fall Commission meetings)
October 15, 2024
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
–Optional Responses
–Supplemental Annual Report 2023-2024
NOVEMBER
November 1, 2024
HEADS Data Survey 2024-2025 Launch Date
for Degree- Granting and Non-Degree-Granting Music Units/Institutions
November 17-22, 2024
NASM Commission on Accreditation Meetings
(Hilton Chicago, Chicago, Illinois)
November 22-26, 2024
NASM Commission on Community College Accreditation Meetings
(Hilton Chicago, Chicago, Illinois)
November 22, 23, and 24, 2024
NASM Board of Directors Meetings
(Hilton Chicago, Chicago, Illinois)
November 22 and 25, 2024
NASM Executive Committee Meetings
(Hilton Chicago, Chicago, Illinois)
November 22-26, 2024
NASM Annual Meeting
(Hilton Chicago, Chicago, Illinois)
November 25, 2024
NASM Regional Meetings
(Hilton Chicago, Chicago, Illinois)
November 27-29, 2024
Holiday Closing of the NASM National Office
DECEMBER
December 24, 2024-January 2, 2025
Holiday Closings of the NASM National Office
JANUARY
January 3, 2025
Third-Party Comment Opens
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the spring Commission meetings)
January 26-29, 2025
Winter Executive Committee Meetings
(Hyatt Centric Chicago Magnificent Mile – Chicago, Illinois)
January 31, 2025
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: HEADS Data Survey 2025-2026
for Degree-Granting and Non-Degree-Granting Music Units/Institutions
FEBRUARY
February 5, 2025
Third-Party Comment Closes
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the spring Commission meetings)
MARCH
No major events.
MAY
May 1, 2025
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
-Optional Responses
-Responses, Progress Reports
-New Curricula
-Substantive Change
(for consideration at the spring Commission meetings)
APRIL
No major events.
JUNE
June 1, 2025
Annual reporting documents emailed:
–Accreditation Audit 2025-2026
–Affirmation Statement 2025-2026
May 29-June 2, 2025
NASM Spring Commission Meeting
(Hyatt Regency Reston – Reston, VA)
June 17, 2025
Third-Party Comment Opens
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the fall Commission meetings)