2018
This calendar contains major, but not all, deadlines and events.
JANUARY
January 24, 2018
Third-Party Comment Opens
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the spring Commission meetings)
January 28 – 31, 2018
Winter Executive Committee Meetings
(Hyatt Chicago Magnificent Mile – Chicago, Illinois)
January 31, 2018
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: HEADS Annual Report 2017-2018
for Degree-Granting and Non-Degree-Granting Music Units/Institutions
FEBRUARY
February 26, 2018
Third-Party Comment Closes
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the spring Commission meetings)
MARCH
No major events.
MAY
May 1, 2018
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
-Optional Responses
-Responses, Progress Reports
-New Curricula
-Substantive Change
(for consideration at the spring Commission meetings)
May 31, 2018
NASM Spring Commission Meeting
(Lansdowne Resort – Leesburg, Virginia)
APRIL
No major events.
JUNE
June 1 – 4, 2018
NASM Spring Commission Meeting
(Lansdowne Resort – Leesburg, Virginia)
June 11, 2018
Third-Party Comment Opens
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the fall Commission meetings)
JULY
July 1, 2018
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
–Accreditation Audit 2018-2019
–Affirmation Statement 2018-2019
July 16, 2018
Third-Party Comment Closes
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the fall Commission meetings)
AUGUST
No major events.
SEPTEMBER
September 1, 2018
NASM Invoices Mailed for 2018-2019
(Payment due upon receipt; invoices may be paid online.)
–Accredited Institutional Membership Dues
–Individual Membership Dues
–Library Subscription Fees
OCTOBER
October 1, 2018
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
–Responses, Progress Reports
–New Curricula
–Substantive Change
(for consideration at the fall Commission meetings)
October 15, 2018
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
–Optional Responses
–Supplemental Annual Report 2017-2018
NOVEMBER
November 1, 2018
HEADS Annual Report 2018-2019 Launch Date
for Degree- Granting and Non-Degree-Granting Music Units/Institutions
November 11 – 16, 2018
NASM Commission on Accreditation Meetings
(Omni Shoreham, Washington, DC)
November 14 – 16, 2018
NASM Commission on Community College Accreditation Meetings
(Omni Shoreham, Washington, DC)
November 16, 17, and 19, 2018
NASM Board of Directors Meetings
(Omni Shoreham, Washington, DC)
November 16 and 18, 2018
NASM Executive Committee Meetings
(Omni Shoreham, Washington, DC)
November 16 – 20, 2018
NASM Annual Meeting
(Omni Shoreham, Washington, DC)
November 18, 2018
NASM Regional Meetings
(Omni Shoreham, Washington, DC)
November 21 – 23, 2018
Holiday Closing of the NASM National Office
DECEMBER
December 24, 2018 – January 2, 2019
Holiday Closings of the NASM National Office
December 31, 2018
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
Ideas for the 2019 Annual Meeting and Beyond