Accreditation

							                                 NATIONAL TASK FORCE ON ACCREDITATION IN HEALTH EDUCATION
                                    COMPARISON OF ACCREDITATION BY OTHER PROFESSIONS

                                                                            Spring 2001


Accreditation    Self Study        Site Visit   Cost-Annual Fee                 Cost-Site              How Site Visit staffed
Agency           required          required                                     Visit/Other
CEPH             Yes                Yes         Approx $2300 annual             Review $2200 &         Accreditation specialist
ceph.org         (host team of peer                                             expenses               Accreditation analyst
                 reviewers)
SABPAC           Yes                Yes         $500 (1st five years) $75       $2,000-$2,500          Volunteer professional (1
sophe.org        (manual of                     (reapproval)                                           practitioner,1 expert,
                 Bacc.HealthEd)                                                                        1faculty/Bacc.Hlth.Ed)
NCATE-AAHE       Yes                No            Professional Member- $125-                           Commissioner -Team
aahperd.org                                       $200(3yrs-$30 -$525 Grad/UG                          chair&Fellow-secretary 1or2
                                                  mbr. -$45-$120                                       additional faculty
ACEHSA           Yes                Yes           $500 (non-refundable appl)    Review fee-$500
acehsa.org       research,service & (2 cycles spr $2000 (upon approval)
                 continuing ed      & fall)
AUPHA            No                No
aupha.org
NLNAC            Yes               Yes          Reg. Fee-$300   Member-         Initial review fee -   Commission & Volunteers
nlnac.org                                       $1,460      Non-member-         $1500 (cont.$1000)
                                                $2,710                          Site visit-$835
CCNE             Yes               Yes          Bch. or Mst.-$3,500             1,200 per team member 3or4 mbr. Eval .team (chosen from
aacn.nche.edu                      (prepare     Both-$5,500                                           evaluator training program)
                                   agenda)      Annual-$1,700(both$2100)

CAADE            Yes               Yes          Application Fee-$350 (every 10 $2000                 2-3 Peer reviewers
ADA thru                                        years)                         (2 person-2 days)     registered by Comm. of Dietetics
Chea.org                                                                                             Registration
CORE             Yes               Yes          Application fee-$250            Airfare, lodging &   2-3 staff must be of org w/ CORE
core.rehab.org                                  $1000-Accrediting Eval.         meals for minimum of membership- educator of accr. RCE
                                                $1000-Sustaining fee            2 pers.-2 days
CAPTE            Yes               Yes                                                                 Trained Volunteers
apta.org
CAAHEP/ JRC-     Yes               Yes          Annual institution fee-$300                            Volunteers (generally not
AT                                              (plus annual program fee by                            compensated)
caahep.org                                      Committee on Accr)                                     & relevant CoA
Accreditation    Title: Acred or Level of      Focus on Standard, Mission Process for                        Maximum vs standard length Support or
Agency           Approval        Degree        or Competencies            Preliminary                        of accreditation           Assist
                                                                          Recognition
CEPH             Accreditation    Masters      Mission & Standards                Application                Reviewed at regular intervals (at      Pre accreditation
ceph.org                                       Includes competencies              (10member board)           least every 7 years)                   consultation

SABPAC           Approval         Bachelors    Standards
sophe.org                                      (based on estab criteria)


NCATE-AAHE       Program          Bachelors    Mission & compliance w             Submit an approved                                                Instruction manual
aahperd.org      Approval         Masters in   Review of Health Ed Basic          program folio                                                     to assist w/ health
                                  future       Competencies                                                                                         folios
ACEHSA           Accreditation    Masters      Mission                            Survey (encourage                                                 Progress reports
acehsa.org                                     (internally consistent goals and   universities to maintain
                                               objectives)                        programs)
AUPHA            Approval         Bachelors                                       Application
aupha.org
NLNAC            Accreditation    Masters     Standard                            Application
nlnac.org                         Bachelors &
                                  Lower

CCNE             Accreditation    Bachelors    Mission                            Program info. form
aacn.nche.edu                                  (in accordance with national       submit w/ each copy
                                               standards)                         self-study document
CADE             Approval         Bachelors    Standard                           Application                10year accreditation cycle
ADA thru         Accreditation    Post-
chea.org                          Bachelors
CORE             Accreditation-   Masters      Mission                            Application                3 years (for 1st time) up to 8 years   Provide data col
core-rehab.org   Registry -       Bachelors                                       (candidacy for             (for previous)                         follow-up, &
                                                                                  recognition)                                                      verification
CAPTE            Accreditation    Masters      Mission                            Application achieve        Reviewed every 5-8 years
apta.org                                                                          candidacy
CAAHEP/ JRC-     Accreditation    Bachelors    Standard                           Application                Reviewed at least every 5 years
AT
caahep.org
Accreditation   DOE      Link to       Accredit Affiliation   Benefits
Agency          status   Certificati   CHEA, ASPA, CAAHEP
                         on
CEPH            Yes      Use same      APHA, ASPH
ceph.org                 Competenc
                         ies
SABPAC          No       Use same      SOPHE, AAHE            Meets standards for
sophe.org                Competenc                            entry-level health
                         ies                                  education preparation
                                                              programs
NCATE-AAHE Yes, NCATE    Use same AAHPERD                     Association
aahperd.org              competenci                           newsletter HE-xtra
                         es

ACEHSA          Yes      NA            APHA, ACHE, ACMPE,     Focus on Health
acehsa.org                             AHA                    Administration

AUPHA           No       NA            ACEHSA                 Focus on Health
aupha.org                                                     Administration
NLNAC           Yes      Link to RN CHEA, ASPA & Many
nlnac.org                           others

CCNE            Yes                    AACN, ASPA             Stresses autonomy of
aacn.nche.edu                                                 institutions &
                                                              diversity of programs
CAADE           Yes      Required      CHEA, CDR              Focus on Dietetic
ADA thru                 for RD                               Technician Programs
Chea.org                                                      and Coordinated
                                                              Programs in Dietetics
CORE           No        Required CHEA, ASPA                  Focus on
Core-rehab.org           for CRCC                             Rehabilitation
                                                              Counselor Evaluation
                                                              (RCE) programs
CAPTE           Yes      Required CHEA, CORPA
apta.org                 for license
                         all states
CAAHEP/         No        Link to    CHEA,                    Small staff of 4
JRC-AT                   License                              employees, external
caahep.org                                                    reviews