2017
This calendar contains major, but not all, deadlines and events.
JANUARY
January 5, 2017
Third-Party Comment Opens
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the spring Commission meetings)
January 29 – 31, 2017
Winter Executive Committee Meetings
(Hyatt Chicago Magnificent Mile – Chicago, Illinois)
January 31, 2017
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: HEADS Annual Report 2016-2017
for Degree-Granting and Non-Degree-Granting Music Units/Institutions
FEBRUARY
February 1, 2017
Winter Executive Committee Meetings
(Hyatt Chicago Magnificent Mile – Chicago, Illinois)
February 9, 2017
Third-Party Comment Closes
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the spring Commission meetings)
MARCH
No major events.
MAY
May 1, 2017
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 – 5, 2017
NASM Spring Commission Meeting
(Hyatt Regency Hotel – Reston, Virginia)
June 12, 2017
Third-Party Comment Opens
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the fall Commission meetings)
JULY
July 1, 2017
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
–Accreditation Audit 2017-2018
–Affirmation Statement 2017-2018
July 17, 2017
Third-Party Comment Closes
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the fall Commission meetings)
AUGUST
No major events.
SEPTEMBER
September 1, 2017
NASM Invoices Mailed for 2017-2018
(Payment due upon receipt; invoices may be paid online.)
–Accredited Institutional Membership Dues
–Individual Membership Dues
–Library Subscription Fees
OCTOBER
October 1, 2017
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
–Responses, Progress Reports
–New Curricula
–Substantive Change
(for consideration at the fall Commission meetings)
October 15, 2017
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
–Optional Responses
–Supplemental Annual Report 2016-2017
NOVEMBER
November 1, 2017
HEADS Annual Report 2017-2018 Launch Date
for Degree- Granting and Non-Degree-Granting Music Units/Institutions
November 12 – 17, 2017
NASM Commission on Accreditation Meetings
(Westin Kierland Resort – Scottsdale, Arizona)
November 15 – 17, 2017
NASM Commission on Community College Accreditation Meetings
(Westin Kierland Resort – Scottsdale, Arizona)
November 17, 18, and 21, 2017
NASM Board of Directors Meetings
(Westin Kierland Resort – Scottsdale, Arizona)
November 17 and 19, 2017
NASM Executive Committee Meetings
(Westin Kierland Resort – Scottsdale, Arizona)
November 17 – 21, 2017
NASM Annual Meeting
(Westin Kierland Resort – Scottsdale, Arizona)
November 19, 2017
NASM Regional Meetings
(Westin Kierland Resort – Scottsdale, Arizona)
November 22 – 24, 2017
Holiday Closing of the NASM National Office
DECEMBER
December 22, 2017 – January 2, 2018
Holiday Closings of the NASM National Office
December 31, 2017
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
Ideas for the 2018 Annual Meeting and Beyond