Public Meeting Announcement

Reaccreditation:

Master’s of Science (MS) in Speech-Language Pathology

The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine’s Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) graduate program is undergoing reaccreditation with the Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA) in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology.

In accordance with the CAA’s public comment policy and procedures, the CAA is seeking public comment as part of its review. Individuals who wish to provide input about a program seeking candidacy or initial accreditation or about a CAA-accredited program seeking continued accreditation may do so in two ways:

  1. By submitting written comments prior to the accreditation site visit. All comments are due in the Accreditation Office no later than three business days before the first day of the scheduled site visit. Comments received after this time will not be forwarded to the site visit team for consideration during the accreditation review. -OR-
  2. By attending and providing comments at a public meeting during the program’s scheduled site visit.
  • A hybrid public meeting will be held from 4:30-5:30pm on Monday, October 21, 2024 from 4:30-5:30pm at Pennington Health Sciences Building (PHS) 103 on the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine campus and via Zoom:

https://unr.zoom.us/j/86534350076?pwd=bHkknUpPTJYCxIx204crNUTUDP8NrM.1

Meeting ID: 865 3435 0076

Passcode: 408772

Hourly parking is available through the kiosk located at the northwest corner of the Silver 10 parking lot and is enforced from 7:30am-8pm.

All comments must:

  • Relate to a program’s compliance with the published Standards for Accreditation of Graduate Education Programs in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (Standards) in effect at the time comments are submitted, and
  • Identify the specific program seeking candidacy, initial accreditation, or continued accreditation with the CAA.
  • All written testimony, including comments faxed or submitted as email attachments, must include the commenter’s name, address and telephone contact information and the commenter’s relationship to the program in order for the Accreditation staff to verify the sources of the testimony. All comments must be signed.
  • Written comments must be submitted no later than October 17, 2024.

Comments that do not meet these requirements will not be considered, and the individual or group commenting will be notified.

Comments should be submitted to:

Accreditation Public Comment
Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA)
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
2200 Research Boulevard, #310
Rockville, MD 20850
accreditation@asha.org
Fax: 301-296-8570

A copy of the Standards for Accreditation and/or the CAA’s Policy on Public Comment may be obtained by contacting the Accreditation Office at ASHA, 2200 Research Boulevard, #310, Rockville, Maryland 20850, calling ASHA’s Action Center at 1-800-498-2071, or accessing the documents online at https://caa.asha.org/.