Review the following documents up for review at the April 2012 Commission meeting. Institutions can review documents and make comments on our Call for Comment Survey – April 2012:

Documents for Review in April 2012

• Document 3.IEP – Intensive English Programs (IEP) Template
• Document 11 – Policies and Practices of the Accrediting Commission
• Document 18.IEP – Satisfactory Progress Policy
• Document 35 – Policy on Attendance Requirements
• Document 36 – Leave of Absence Policy

ACCET offers a quarterly Financial Aid newsletter as a service to our institutions who are eligible for or are applying for Title IV funding.

ACCET Financial Aid Newsletter – September 2011 (PDF)

On August 1, 2011, the Nominating Committee conducted its review of two candidates for the two full-term Institutional Commissioner positions that will become open following the Annual Business Meeting this fall. Following its review of resumes for Mr. Res Helfer and Ms. Peggy Tiderman, in conjunction with subsequent interviews with each of the candidates via teleconference, the Nominating Committee recommends both of them to the membership for election at the ACCET Business Meeting on Wednesday, October 26, 2011, the opening day of the annual conference at the Westin La Paloma in Tucson, Arizona.

Member institutions of ACCET may submit additional nominations provided that such submission has the written support of ten percent (23) of the current ACCET accredited member (main campus) institutions. All such nominations and the required written support must be received in the ACCET office at 1722 N Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036, no later than September 21, 2011. If there are additional nominees, a written notification of the entire, amended slate will be emailed to each accredited member institution by September 26, 2011.

Download and complete the Proxy/Ballot form. The form can be forwarded to the ACCET office in hard copy or electronically. We sincerely hope that you will be in attendance at the upcoming Annual Conference, including the Business Meeting, so as to be actively attuned to and engaged in this important process for ensuring the continuation of sound leadership at the foundation of our partnership for quality. At a time when much of the proprietary sector is under heightened scrutiny in both the media and various governmental agencies, that leadership is central to our continued recognition as a valid and reliable authority in the important role we serve together through accreditation.

FROM:
ACCET Nominating Committee
David Wilson, Chair, Commission
Steven Johnson, Vice Chair Commission
Elizabeth Schaefer, Past Chair, Commission
Michael Crom, Member Institution, Dale Carnegie & Associates
Patrice Dionot, Member Institution, L’Academie de Cuisine
Roger J. Williams, Executive Director (ex-officio)

An Inside the Higher Ed study of impact of need-based financial aid finds that extra grants helped the students least likely to succeed, but did little to boost overall academic progress.

Two students, both eligible for Pell Grants for the needy, are randomly chosen to receive extra need-based aid as they start as first-time, full-time freshmen. One is considered very likely to complete a four-year degree; the other, an at-risk student, is a likely dropout. Whom does the grant help more?

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“The Chronicle editors and reporters describe the impact of the Education Department’s controversial new regulation—and what’s likely to happen next with it.”

A softened final version of a controversial new “gainful employment” regulation, released Thursday by the Education Department, has both Wall Street and Capitol Hill buzzing. One financial analyst has called the rule “a decisive victory” for the for-profit college sector, while a student advocate described it as “a disappointing stumble on America’s path toward regaining the global lead in college attainment.”

Chronicle editors and reporters Brad Wolverton, Kelly Field, and Goldie Blumenstyk discuss the impact of the new regulation and what’s likely to happen next with it.

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ACCET offers a quarterly Financial Aid newsletter as a service to our institutions who are eligible for or are applying for Title IV funding. This issue covers the new Program Integrity requirements and highlights from the 2010 FSA Conference.

ACCET Financial Aid Newsletter – May 2011 (PDF)

On April 21, 2011, ACCET sent its accredited Title IV institutions an Important Update – Program Integrity Regulations and ACCET’s Review and Evaluation of Clock Hour and Credit Hours alerting them to new and revised policies, documents, applications, and forms approved by the ACCET Commission in April 2011 to address the regulations pertaining to the definition of credit hours and clock-to-credit hour conversions. These documents were developed/revised in response to the requirement that ACCET review and evaluate the reliability and accuracy of credit hours assigned to courses and programs by vocational Title IV institutions for financial aid purposes.

The notice includes the following: Section I. Background (Federal Credit Hour Definitions and Clock Hour-to-Credit Hour Conversion; Considered Options for Institutions; and ACCET’s Role); Section II. New/Revised Policies, Documents, Applications and Forms; and Section III. Detailed Description of New and Revised Documents.

Additionally, ACCET has compiled a resource center with information regarding these regulations, for the benefit of its member institutions.