Final staff reports and decision letters are available to the public at: https://surveys.ope.ed.gov/erecognition/#/public-documents.

2023 Meetings

August 1-3, 2023

• NACIQI Meeting Federal Register Notice August 1-3, 2023
• NACIQI Meeting Agenda August 1-3, 2023
• NACIQI Membership List August 2023
• NACIQI Transcript August 1-3, 2023 (Day 1 Tuesday, August 1)
• NACIQI Transcript August 1-3, 2023 (Day 2 Wednesday, August 2)
• NACIQI Transcript August 1-3, 2023 (Day 3 Thursday, August 3)
• Regulatory Subcommittee Report
• NACIQI Report of the Meeting

February 28-March 2, 2023

• NACIQI Meeting Federal Register Notice February 28-March 2, 2023
• NACIQI Meeting Agenda February 28-March 2, 2023
• NACIQI Membership List February 2023
• NACIQI Transcript February 28-March 2, 2023 (Day 1 Tuesday, February 28)
• NACIQI Transcript February 28-March 2, 2023 (Day 2 Wednesday, March 1)
• NACIQI Transcript February 28-March 2, 2023 (Day 3 Thursday, March 2)
• Accreditor Dashboards Sub-Committee Report
• Written Statement:
  • Mulvey, Irene, American Association of University Professors
    • Irene Mulvey’s Statement
• NACIQI Report of the Meeting February 28-March 2, 2023

2022 Meetings

July 19-21, 2022

• NACIQI Meeting Federal Register Notice July 19-21, 2022
• NACIQI Meeting Agenda July 19-21, 2022
• NACIQI Membership List July 2022
• NACIQI Meeting Transcript July 19-21, 2022 (Day 1 Tuesday, July 19)
• NACIQI Meeting Transcript July 19-21, 2022 (Day 2 Wednesday, July 20)
• NACIQI Meeting Transcript July 19-21, 2022 (Day 3 Thursday, July 21)
• NACIQI Report of Meeting July 19-21, 2022

February 23-24, 2022

• NACIQI Meeting Federal Register Notice February 23-24, 2022
• NACIQI Meeting Agenda February 23-24 2022
• NACIQI Membership List February 2022
• NACIQI Meeting Transcript February 23-24 2022 (Day 1 Wednesday, February 23)
• NACIQI Meeting Transcript February 23-24 2022 (Day 2 Thursday, February 24)
• Written Statements
  • Peller, Julie, Higher Learning Advocates:
    • Julie Peller’s Statement
  • Stein, Beth, The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS):
    • Beth Stein’s Statement
• NACIQI Report of Meeting February 23-24 2022

2021 Meetings

July 27-29, 2021

• NACIQI Meeting Federal Register Notice July 27-29, 2021
• NACIQI-Meeting-Agenda-July-27-29-2021
• NACIQI Membership List July 2021
• NACIQI Meeting Transcript July 27-29 2021 (Day 1 Tuesday July 27)
  • NACIQI Meeting Chat Log July 27 2021
• NACIQI Meeting Transcript July 27-29 2021 (Day 2 Wednesday July 28)
• NACIQI Meeting Transcript July 27-29 2021 (Day 3 Thursday July 29)
• Student Success Subcommittee Report Update July 2021
• Student Success Subcommittee Appendix July 2021
• Written Statements
  • Hubbard, William:
    • William Hubbard’s Statement
  • Peller, Julie:
    • Julie Peller’s Statement
  • Seldin/Haring-Smith Foundation
• Accreditor Dashboards
• Accreditor Data File
• NACIQI Report of Meeting July 27-29 2021

March 3-5, 2021

• NACIQI Meeting Federal Register Notice March 3-5, 2021
• Request for Written Comments for Accrediting Agencies under Review
• NACIQI-Meeting-Agenda-March-3-5-2021
• NACIQI Membership List March 2021
• NACIQI Meeting Transcript March 3-5 2021 (Day 1, Wednesday March 3)
• NACIQI Meeting Transcript March 3-5 2021 (Day 2, Thursday March 4)
• NACIQI Meeting Transcript March 3-5 2021 (Day 3, Friday March 5)
• Student Success Subcommittee Update March 2021
• NACIQI-Report-of-Meeting-March-3-5-2021

2020 Meetings

July 29 & 30, 2020

• Federal Register Notice
• Request for Written Comments for Accrediting Agencies under Review
• NACIQI Meeting Agenda July 29 & 30 2020
• NACIQI Membership List 2020
• NACIQI Meeting Transcript July 29, 2020
• NACIQI Meeting Transcript July 30, 2020
• NACIQI Governance Subcommittee Report
• Written Statements
  • Halperin, David:
    • David Halperin’s Statement
  • Laitinen, Amy:
    • Shattered Dreams Examining the Education Departments Role in the Misconduct of Dream Center Education
    • Dream Center Retroactive Accreditation Report Exhibits
• NACIQI Report of Meeting July 29 30 2020 Final

February 27, 2020

• Federal Register Notice
• Request for Written Comments for Accrediting Agencies under Review | PDF
• Meeting Agenda: February 27, 2020| PDF
• Committee Training Agenda: February 26, 2020 | PDF
• Public List of Members | PDF
• Transcript: February 27, 2020 | PDF
• Report of the Meeting: February 27, 2020 | PDF

2019 Meetings

July 30-31, 2019

• Federal Register Notice | Meeting Announcement
• Meeting Agenda | PDF
• Request for Written Comments for Accrediting Agencies under Review | PDF
• Request for Written Comments for Accrediting Agencies under Review | PDF
• Updated Accreditor Dashboards | PDF
• Accreditor Data File | EXL
• Subcommittee on Substantive Change Report | PDF
• Report of the Meeting | PDF
• Transcript: July 30, 2019 | PDF
• Transcript: July 31, 2019 | PDF

2018 Meetings

May 22-24, 2018

• Federal Register Notice | Meeting Announcement
• Meeting Agenda | PDF
• Updated Accreditor Dashboards | PDF
• Accreditor Data File | EXL
• Written Statements to NACIQI
  • NSLDN | PDF
  • Habash | PDF
    • Attachment 1 | PDF
    • Attachment 2 | PDF
    • Attachment 3 | PDF
  • Nalbone | PDF
  • Rice | PDF
    • Attachment 1 | PDF
  • VES | PDF
    • Attachment 1 | PDF
    • Attachment 2 | PDF
    • Attachment 3 | PDF
  • Shireman | PDF
    • Attachment 1 | PDF
  • Webber | PDF
  • Halperin | PDF
    • Attachment 1 | PDF
    • Attachment 2 | PDF
    • Attachment 3 | PDF
  • Cao | PDF
    • Attachment 1 | PDF
  • Katt | PDF
  • Galle | PDF
  • Benton | PDF
• Correction – Request for Written Comments | PDF
• Extension of Written Comment Deadline for ACICS and ABA | PDF
• Request for Written Comments for Accrediting Agencies under Review | PDF
• WSCUC GRD Presentation
• Report of the Meeting | PDF (156KB)
• Transcript: May 22, 2018 | PDF (609KB)
• Transcript: May 23, 2018 | PDF (613KB)
• Transcript: May 24, 2018 | PDF (375KB)

February 7-8, 2018

• Federal Register Notice | Meeting Announcement
• Meeting Agenda | PDF (277KB)
• Request for Written Comments for Accrediting Agencies under Review | PDF
• Final Recommendations on Regulatory Reform | PDF (456KB)
• Draft Recommendations on Regulatory Reform | PDF  (420KB)
• Updated Accreditor Dashboards | PDF (1923KB)
• Accreditor Data File | EXL (4329KB)
• Letter Regarding Status Conversions of For-profit Institutions | PDF (421KB)
• Written Statements to NACIQI  | PDF  (4938KB)
• Gillen Presentation | Panel on Student-Level Data Network
• Itzkowitz Presentation | Panel on Student-Level Data Network
• Miller Presentation | Panel on Student-Level Data Network
• Sadler Presentation | Panel on Student-Level Data Network
• Voight Presentation | Panel on Student-Level Data Network
• MSCHE Presentation
• Report of the Meeting | PDF (129KB)
• Transcript: February 7, 2018 | PDF (479KB)
• Transcript: February 8, 2018 | PDF (516KB)

2017 Meetings

June 20-22, 2017 Meeting

• Federal Register Notice | Meeting Announcement
• Meeting Agenda | PDF (247KB)
• Updated Accreditor Dashboards | PDF (1505KB)
• Accreditor Data File | EXL (2271KB)
• Request for Written Comments for Accrediting Agencies under Review | PDF (192KB)
• Written Statements from Members of the Public to NACIQI | PDF (119KB)
• SHEEO Student Unit Record Presentation
• WICHE Student Unit Record Presentation
• Accreditor Dashboard Presentation
• Report of the Meeting | PDF (264KB)
• Transcript: June 20, 2017 | PDF (739KB)
• Transcript: June 21, 2017 | PDF (740KB)
• Transcript: June 22, 2017 | PDF (305KB)

February 22-24, 2017 Meeting

• Federal Register Notice | Meeting Announcement
• Meeting Agenda | PDF (247KB)
• Written Statements from Members of the Public to NACIQI | PDF (3.98MB)
• Updated Accreditor Dashboards | PDF (288KB)
• Accreditor Data File | EXL (2.21MB)
• ACCSC Outcomes Panel Presentation
• ASPA Outcomes Panel Presentation
• C-RAC Outcomes Panel Presentation
• Accreditor Dashboard Presentation
• National Coordinating Center Presentation
• Report on Model Accreditation Standards for Higher Education Programs for Students with Intellectual Disability –  The National Coordinating Center Accreditation Workgroup
• Report of the Meeting | PDF (357KB)
• Transcript: February 22, 2017 | PDF (1MB)
• Transcript: February 23, 2017 | PDF (831KB)
• Transcript: February 24, 2017 | PDF (324KB)

2016 Meetings

August 23, 2016 Meeting

• Federal Register Notice | Meeting Announcement
• Meeting Agenda | MS Word (60K) | PDF (229K)
• Transcript | MS Word  (123K) | PDF (469K)
• Report of Meeting | MS Word (58K) | PDF (346K)

June 22-24, 2016 Meeting

• Federal Register Notice | Meeting Announcement
• Federal Register Notice | Meeting Time and Location
• Accreditor Dashboards
• June 2016 Pilot Plan | MS Word (42K) | PDF (332K)
• June 2016 Meeting Plan Draft | MS Word (28K) | PDF (422K)
• Meeting Agenda | PDF (272K)
• Transcript: June 22, 2016 | MS Word (464K) | PDF (1M)
• Transcript: June 23, 2016 | MS Word (527K) | PDF (1M)
• Transcript: June 24, 2016 | MS Word (232K)| PDF (573K)
• Report of Meeting | MS Word (80K) | PDF (276K)

2015 Meetings

December 16-18, 2015 Meeting

• Federal Register Notice | Third-Party Written and Oral Comments
• Federal Register Notice | Meeting Notice
• Meeting Agenda | MS Word (111K) | PDF (126K)
• Transcript: December 16, 2015 | MS Word (471K) | PDF (872K)
• Transcript: December 17, 2015 | MS Word (441K) | PDF (863K)
• Transcript: December 18, 2015 | MS Word (284K) | PDF (602K)
• Report of the Meeting | MS Word (111K) | PDF (295K)
• June 2016 Meeting Plan Draft | MS Word (28K) | PDF (422K)

June 25-26, 2015 Meeting

• NACIQI Report | 2015 Accreditation Policy Recommendations, Higher Education Act Reauthorization PDF (353K)
• June 25-26, 2015 – Sheration Pentagon City, 900 S. Orme Street, Arlington, VA 22204
• Federal Register Notice | Third-Party Written and Oral Comments
• Federal Register Notice | Meeting Notice
• Meeting Agenda | MS Word (83K) | PDF (233K)
• Report of the Meeting | MS Word (93K) | PDF (102K)
• Transcript: June 25, 2015 | MS Word (389K) | PDF (759K)
• Transcript: June 26, 2015 | MS Word (242K) | PDF (513K)

Virtual Meeting on NACIQI Accreditation Policy Recommendations – March 23, 2015

• Federal Register Notice | Meeting Notice
  • Meeting notice and call for written and oral comments
  • Solicitation for input on the draft Report of Recommendations
• Draft Report of Accreditation Policy Recommendations
• Third Party Written Comments on Accreditation Policy Recommendations
• Report of the Meeting |  MS Word (105K) | PDF (127K)

2014 Meetings

December 11, 2014 Meeting

• December 11, 2014 | Crowne Plaza National Airport, 1480 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202
• Report of the Meeting |  MS Word (136K) | PDF (282K)
• Federal Register Notice | Third-Party Written and Oral Comments
• Federal Register Notice | Meeting Notice
• Meeting Agenda |  MS Word (84K) | PDF (179K)
• Transcript: December 11, 2014 |  MS Word (768K) | PDF (864K)

June 18-19, 2014 Meeting

• June 18-19, 2014 | Holiday Inn Capitol, 550 C Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20024
• Report of the Meeting |  MS Word (169K) | PDF (274K)
• Federal Register Notice | Third-Party Written and Oral Comments
• Federal Register Notice | Meeting Notice
• Federal Register Notice | Agenda Revision
• Meeting Agenda |  MS Word (103K) | PDF (221K)
• Transcripts
  June 18, 2014 |  MS Word (426K) | PDF (960K)
  June 19, 2014 |   MS Word (207K) | PDF (444K)

2013 Meetings

December 12-13, Meeting

• December 12-13, 2013 | Liaison Capitol Hill Hotel, 415 New Jersey Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20001
• Report of the Meeting |  MS Word (165K) | PDF (253K)
• Federal Register Notice | Third-Party Written and Oral Comments
• Federal Register Notice | Meeting Notice
• Federal Register Notice | Agenda Revision
• Meeting Agenda |  MS Word (113K) | PDF (135K)
• Transcripts
  December 12, 2013 |  MS Word (536K) | PDF (876K)
  December 13, 2013 |  MS Word (219K) | PDF (426K)

June 6-7, 2013 Meeting

• June 6-7, 2013 | Hyatt Arlington Hotel, 1325 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22209
• Report of the Meeting |  MS Word (118K) | PDF (153K)
• Federal Register Notice | Third-Party Written and Oral Comments
• Federal Register Notice | Meeting Notice
• Meeting Agenda |  MS Word (114K) | PDF (129K)
• Remarks to NACIQI by Dr. Martha Kanter, Under Secretary, U.S. Department of Education : PDF (256K)
• Transcripts
  June 6, 2013 |  MS Word (361K) | PDF (632K)
  June 7, 2013 |  MS Word (231K) | PDF (408K)

2012 Meetings

December 11-12, 2012 Meeting

• December 11-12, 2012 | Washington Marriott Wardman Park, 2660 Woodley Road, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20008
• Report of the Meeting |  MS Word (181K) | PDF (262K)
• Federal Register Notice | Third-Party Written and Oral Comments
• Federal Register Notice | Meeting Notice
• Meeting Agenda |  MS Word (105K) | PDF (224K)
• Transcripts
  December 11, 2012 |  MS Word (252K) | PDF (463K)
  December 12, 2012 | MS Word (303K) | PDF (546K)

June 25-26, 2012 Meeting

• June 25-26, 2012 | Westin Alexandria, 400 Courthouse Square, Alexandria, VA 22314
• Report of the Meeting |  MS Word (247K) | PDF (292K)
• Transcript
  • June 25, 2012 |  MS Word (423K) | PDF (772K)
  • June 26, 2012 | MS Word (229K) | PDF (425K)
• Federal Register Notice | Third-Party Written and Oral Comments and Meeting Notice
• NACIQI Site Team Report: National Intelligence University | MS Word (60K) | PDF (204K)
• Meeting Agenda |  MS Word (117K) | PDF (192K)

Teleconference Meeting to adopt NACIQI Report of Accreditation Policy Recommendations – April 13, 2012

• NACIQI Report of the Meeting |  MS Word (928K) | PDF (241K)
• Transcript
  • April 13, 2012 |  MS Word (147K) | PDF (297K)
• NACIQI Report | Accreditation Policy Recommendations for HEA Reauthorization: MS Word (608K) | Transmittal Letter | MS Word (57K)
• Written Comments |  MS Word (2.83MB) | PDF (1.11MB)
• Anticipated Motion to Amend the Report with proposed Amended Language |  MS Word (49K)
• Draft Final Report of Recommendations |  MS Word (62K) | PDF (189K)
• Agenda |  MS Word (79K)
• Federal Register Notice

2011 Meetings

December 14-16, 2011 Meeting

December 14-16, 2011 | Crowne Plaza Old Town Alexandria, Washington Ballroom, 901 North Fairfax, Alexandria, VA 22314

Report of the Meeting |  MS Word (213K) | PDF (341K)

Transcript

• December 14, 2011 |  MS Word (422K) | PDF (765K)
• December 15, 2011 |  MS Word (435K) | PDF (760K)
• December 16, 2011 |  MS Word (242K) | PDF (446K)

Meeting Agenda |  MS Word (125K) | PDF (107K)

Draft Report on the Reauthorization of the HEA |  MS Word (60K) | PDF (103K)

Public Comments on the Draft Report on Reauthorization of the HEA

Federal Register Notices

• Meeting notice and call for written comments concerning agencies scheduled for review
• Call for oral comments concerning agencies scheduled for review
• Opportunities for the public to make written comments and/or oral comments concerning the NACIQI’s report on the reauthorization of the HEA.

Final Staff Reports |  PDF (1.15MB)

June 8-10, 2011 Meeting

• June 8-10, 2011 | Holiday Inn and Suites, Commonwealth Ballroom, 625 First Street, Alexandria, VA 22314
• Report of the Meeting |  MS Word (1.34Mb) | PDF (1.04MB)
• Transcript
  • June 8, 2011 |  MS Word (304K) | PDF (471K)
  • June 9, 2011 |  MS Word (469K) | PDF (751K)
  • June 10, 2011 |  MS Word (307K) | PDF (472K)
  • APA Letter: |  PDF (62K)
• Meeting Agenda |  PDF (66K)
• Federal Register Notices
  • Call for Written Comments and Meeting Notice
  • Call for Oral Comments and Meeting Notice
  • Opportunities for the public to make written comments and/or oral comments concerning the NACIQI’s report on the reauthorization of the HEA.
• Final Staff Reports |  PDF (1.34MB)

Reauthorization Policy Documents
– Issue 1: Regulatory Burden and Data Needs
– Issue 2: The “Triad”
– Issue 3: Accreditor Scope, Alignment, and Accountability

February 2011 Accreditation Policy Forum

• February 3-4, 2011 | Holiday Inn and Suites, Commonwealth Ballroom, 625 First Street, Alexandria, VA 22314
• Report of the Meeting
• Transcript
• Meeting Agenda |  PDF (24K)
• Federal Register Notice: Meeting Announcement PDF

2010 Meeting

December 1-3, 2010 Meeting

• December 1-3, 2010 | 1990 K Street, N.W., 8th Floor Conference Center, Washington, D.C. 20006
• Report of the Meeting |  MS Word (191K) | PDF (140K)
• Transcript
• Meeting Agenda |  MS Word (86K) | PDF (65K)
• Federal Register Notices
  • Call for Written Comments and Meeting Notice
  • Third-Party Oral Comments and Meeting Notice

Teleconference Meeting to Elect a Chair and Vice-Chair – November 8, 2010

• Report of the Meeting |   MS Word (76K) | PDF (44K)
• Meeting Agenda |  PDF (112K)
• Federal Register Notice
  • NACIQI Teleconference Meeting Notice