Accreditation Policies and Procedures of the AVMA Council on Education (COE)
September 2020
PDF version of entire policies and procedures
Table of Contents
- Staff Roster
- Council on Education Roster
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The AVMA and Accreditation
4.1. History
4.2. Scope and Purpose
4.3. Charge of the COE
4.4. Function -
Fundamental Principles of Accreditation
5.1. COE Mission Statement
5.2. Integrity
5.3. Confidentiality
5.4. Avoidance of Conflict of Interest
5.5. Quality Assurance
5.5.1. Third Party Comment/Complaints
5.5.2. Complaints Directed at a College and its Accreditation Status
5.5.3. Complaints Directed at the COE and its Accreditation Activities
5.6. Programmatic Advertising and Student Recruitment - Accreditation Evaluation
6.1. General Policies
6.1.1. Procedures for Accreditation Evaluation
6.2. Reasonable Assurance
6.3. Provisional Accreditation
6.4. Foreign Veterinary Colleges
6.4.1. General Information
6.4.2. Educational Improvement
6.4.3. Procedures
6.4.4. Site Visits
6.4.5. Fees for Foreign Veterinary Colleges - Requirements of an Accredited College of Veterinary Medicine
7.1. Standard 1, Organization
7.2. Standard 2, Finances
7.3. Standard 3, Physical Facilities and Equipment
7.4. Standard 4, Clinical Resources
7.5. Standard 5, Library and Information Resources
7.6. Standard 6, Students
7.7. Standard 7, Admission
7.8. Standard 8, Faculty
7.9. Standard 9, Curriculum
7.10. Standard 10, Research Programs
7.11. Standard 11, Outcomes Assessment - Off-campus and Distributive Sites
8.1. Off-campus Clinical Education Sites for Colleges with Teaching Hospitals
8.2. COE Guidelines for Implementation of a Distributive Veterinary Clinical Education Model - Required Reports from Colleges
9.1. Reports of Substantive Change
9.2. Interim Reports
9.3. Self-study Reports
9.4. Reporting to the Community - Accreditation Classifications
10.1. Reasonable Assurance
10.2. Provisional Accreditation
10.3. Accredited
10.4. Accredited with Minor Deficiencies
10.5 Probationary Accreditation
10.5.1. Procedures for Colleges with the Classification of Probationary Accreditation
10.6. Terminal Accreditation
10.6.1. Procedures for Colleges with the Classification of Terminal Accreditation
10.7. Accreditation Outcomes
10.8. Reviews and Return Visits
10.9. Adverse Outcomes
10.10. Withholding Accreditation
10.11. Reevaluation
10.12. Appeals of Adverse Outcomes
10.13. Reconsideration of Accreditation Classification
10.14. Loss of Legal Authority to Provide Postsecondary Education
10.15. Loss of Institutional Accreditation
10.16. Decisions of Other Accrediting Agencies
10.17. Policies on Reporting to USDE -
The Site Visit
11.1. Objective of Site Visit
11.2. Cost
11.3. Site Visit Team
11.4. The Self-study
11.4.1. Format of the Self-study - Elements of the Self-study
12.1. Organization
12.2. Finances
12.3. Physical Facilities and Equipment
12.4. Clinical Resources
12.5. Library and Information Resources
12.6. Students
12.7. Admission
12.8. Faculty
12.9. Curriculum
12.10. Research Programs
12.11. Outcomes Assessment - Site Visit Agenda
- Reports of Evaluation
- Overview of the Council on Education
15.1. Public Member Selection
15.2. Meetings
15.3. Officers
15.4. Member Responsibilities
15.5. Travel Expenses
15.6. Reports Made to the Council
15.7. Committees and Liaisons
15.7.1. Standing Committees
15.7.2. Associated Committees, Commissions, and Boards
15.8. Conduct of COE Meetings
15.9. Resignation of a Member of the COE
15.10. Removal of a Member of the COE -
Standard Operating Procedures
16.1. Consistency of Application
16.2. Database Retrieval
16.3. Training
16.4. Records
16.5. Sharing Information - Quality Assurance
17.1. Development of Accreditation Standards
17.2. Review of Established Standards
17.3. Adding or Revising a Standard
17.4. Assessment of Revised Standards
17.5. Application of Standards
17.6. Ongoing Review of Standards
17.7. Annual Review of Standards
17.8. Survey Process
17.9. Review of NAVLE Scores
17.10. Survey of Site Visit Participants
17.11. Data Collection - Site Visits
18.1. Site Visit Team
18.2. Conflict of Interest Statements
18.3. Object of Site Visit
18.4. Site Visit Overview
18.5. Code of Conduct for Site Team Members
18.6. Site Team Modus Operandi
18.7. Guidelines for Site Team Visitors to Foreign Veterinary Colleges
18.8. Reports of Evaluation - Training and Support
19.1. New Member Training
19.2. On-site Training - Training and Orientation Materials
- Appendices
21.1. Appendix A – Conflict of Interest/Confidentiality Statements
21.2. Appendix B – Interim Report Primer
21.3. Appendix C – Accreditation Decision Tree
21.4. Appendix D – Good Cause Justification
21.5. Appendix E – Participation of Site Visit Observers
21.6. Appendix F -- Distributive Model - Off-site Inspection Guidelines
21.7. Appendix G - Guidelines for COE Site Visit Teams: Isolation Facilities Procedures
21.8. Appendix H - Philosophy and Interpretations of COE
21.9. Appendix I - Site Team Evaluation Rubric
21.10 Appendix J - COE Code of Conduct