2020
This calendar contains major, but not all, deadlines and events.
JANUARY
January 30, 2020
Third-Party Comment Opens
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the spring Commission meetings)
January 26-29, 2020
Winter Executive Committee Meetings
(Hyatt Centric Chicago Magnificent Mile – Chicago, Illinois)
January 31, 2020
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: HEADS Annual Report 2019-2020
for Degree-Granting and Non-Degree-Granting Music Units/Institutions
FEBRUARY
March 2, 2020
Third-Party Comment Closes
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the spring Commission meetings)
MARCH
No major events.
MAY
May 1, 2020
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
-Optional Responses
-Responses, Progress Reports
-New Curricula
-Substantive Change
(for consideration at the spring Commission meetings)
May 31-June 5, 2020
NASM Spring Commission Meeting
(Hyatt Reston – Reston, Virginia)
APRIL
No major events.
JUNE
May 31-June 5, 2020
NASM Spring Commission Meeting
(Hyatt Reston – Reston, Virginia)
June 12, 2020
Third-Party Comment Opens
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the fall Commission meetings)
JULY
July 1, 2020
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
–Accreditation Audit 2020-2021
–Affirmation Statement 2020-2021
July 17, 2020
Third-Party Comment Closes
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the fall Commission meetings)
AUGUST
No major events.
SEPTEMBER
September 1, 2020
NASM Invoices emailed for 2020-2021
(Payment due upon receipt; invoices may be paid online.)
–Accredited Institutional Membership Dues
–Library Subscription Fees
OCTOBER
October 1, 2020
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
–Responses, Progress Reports
–New Curricula
–Substantive Change
(for consideration at the fall Commission meetings)
October 15, 2020
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
–Optional Responses
–Supplemental Annual Report 2019-2020
NOVEMBER
November 1, 2020
HEADS Annual Report 2020-2021 Launch Date
for Degree- Granting and Non-Degree-Granting Music Units/Institutions
November 15-20, 2020
NASM Commission on Accreditation Meetings
(Westin Kierland Resort, Scottsdale, AZ)
November 18-20, 2020
NASM Commission on Community College Accreditation Meetings
(Westin Kierland Resort, Scottsdale, AZ)
November 20, 21, and 23, 2020
NASM Board of Directors Meetings
(Westin Kierland Resort, Scottsdale, AZ)
November 20 and 23, 2020
NASM Executive Committee Meetings
(Westin Kierland Resort, Scottsdale, AZ)
November 20-24, 2020
NASM Annual Meeting
(Westin Kierland Resort, Scottsdale, AZ)
November 23, 2020
NASM Regional Meetings
(Westin Kierland Resort, Scottsdale, AZ)
November 25-27, 2020
Holiday Closing of the NASM National Office
DECEMBER
December 23, 2030 – January 1, 2021
Holiday Closings of the NASM National Office
December 31, 2020
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
Ideas for the 2021 Annual Meeting and Beyond