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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON
INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY AND INTEGRITY [NACIQI]

VOLUME II

Thursday, December 17, 2015

8:35 a.m.

Hilton Old Town Alexandria
Grand Ballroom
1767 King Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
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P A R T I C I P A N T S

COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT:

DR. SUSAN D. PHILLIPS, Chair

DR. KATHLEEN SULLIVAN ALIOTO
MR. SIMON BOEHME
MR. GEORGE HANK BROWN
DR. JILL DERBY
DR. ROBERTA (Bobbie) DERLIN
DR. JOHN ETCHEMENDY
DR. GEORGE FRENCH
DR. PAUL J. LeBLANC
MS. ANNE D. NEAL
MR. RICHARD F. O'DONNELL
DR. WILLIAM PEPICELLO
MR. ARTHUR J. ROTHKOPF
MR. CAMERON C. STAPLES
MR. RALPH WOLFF
MR. FRANK H. WU
DR. FEDERICO ZARAGOZA

COMMITTEE MEMBER NOT PRESENT:

DR. ARTHUR E. KEISER, Vice Chair

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION STAFF PRESENT:

DR. JENNIFER HONG, Executive Director, NACIQI
MR. HERMAN BOUNDS, Ed.S., Director, Accreditation
Group
MS. SALLY MORGAN, OGC
MS. DONNA MANGOLD, OGC
MS. ELIZABETH DAGGETT
DR. NICOLE HARRIS
MS. VALERIE LEFOR
MR. CHUCK MULA
MR. STEPHEN PORCELLI
DR. RACHAEL SHULTZ
MS. PATRICIA HOWES
MS. CATHY SHEFFIELD
MS. KAREN DUKE
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C O N T E N T S

PAGE

Welcome and Introductions

Dr. Susan D. Phillips, Ph.D.
NACIQI Chairperson 8

Western Association of Schools and
Colleges, Accrediting Commission for
Community and Junior Colleges [ACCJC]

[continued]

Action for Consideration:
Compliance Report 11

NACIQI Primary Readers:
Mr. Cameron C. Staples, J.D.
Dr. Arthur E. Keiser, Ph.D. [not present]

Department Staff:
Ms. Elizabeth Daggett

Representatives of the Agency:
Dr. Barbara A. Beno, President, ACCJC
Dr. Steven M. Kinsella, Chair, ACCJC
Dr. Krista R. Johns, Vice President for
Policy and Research, ACCJC
Mr. Steven Y. Winnick, Attorney,
Education Counsel LLC

Nurse Education, New York State Board of
Regents [NYBRN]

Action for Consideration:
Renewal of Recognition 99

NACIQI Primary Readers:
Mr. Simon Boehme
Dr. Roberta L. Derlin, Ph.D.

Department Staff:
Ms. Valerie Lefor

Representatives of the Agency:
Mr. William Murphy, Bureau Chief,
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Professional Education, Office of
Professions, NYS Education Department
Ms. Renee Gecsedi, Associate in Nursing
Education, Professional Education
Program Review, Office of Professions,
NYS Education Department

Northwest Commission on Colleges and
Universities [NWCCU]

Action for Consideration:
Compliance Report 121

NACIQI Primary Readers:
Dr. Federico Zaragoza, Ph.D.
Mr. Arthur J. Rothkopf, J.D.

Department Staff:
Ms. Elizabeth Daggett

Representatives of the Agency:
Dr. Sandra E. Elman, President, NWCCU
Dr. Pamela Goad, Vice President, NWCCU
General Thomas R. Case, Chancellor,
University of Alaska Anchorage

Third Party Oral Commenters:
Dr. Gregory Scholtz, American Association of
University Professors
Dr. David Delehanty, Professor of Biology,
Idaho State University
Dr. Mikle Ellis, Faculty Member, Idaho State
University
Dr. Philip Cole, Professor, Department
of Physics, Idaho State University
Dr. Jack Longmate, Adjunct/Part-time Instructor,
Olympic College
Dr. Jack Longmate for Dr. Keith Hoeller,
Co-founder, Washington Part-Time Faculty
Association, Faculty Member, Green River
College

Association of Institutions of Jewish Studies
[AIJS]

Action for Consideration:
Application for Initial Recognition 247

NACIQI Primary Readers:
Dr. John Etchemendy, Ph.D.
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Dr. William Pepicello, Ph.D.

Department Staff:
Mr. Steve Porcelli

Representatives of the Agency:
Rabbi Moshe Zev Weisberg, AIJS
Mrs. Elisheva Kahan, AIJS
Rabbi Alex Lowinger, AIJS
Mrs. Naomi (Nechama) Landesman, AIJS
Dr. Leslie Klein, WITS
Dr. C. Cohen, AIJS
Mr. Sam Brown, Esq.

United States Air Force Institute of
Technology, Graduate School of Engineers
and Management [AFIT]

Action for Consideration:
Notification of Degree Modification 269

NACIQI Primary Readers:
Mr. Cameron C. Staples, J.D.
Dr. Arthur E. Keiser, Ph.D. [not present]

Department Staff:
Mr. Chuck Mula

Representative of the Agency:
Dr. Paul J. Wolf, Associate Dean for
Academic Affairs, Air Force Institute
of Technology, Graduate School of
Engineering and Management

Accreditation Commission for Education in
Nursing, Inc., [ACEN]

Action for Consideration:
Compliance Report 282

NACIQI Primary Readers:
Mr. Frank H. Wu, J.D.
Dr. Jill Derby, Ph.D.

Department Staff:
Mr. Chuck Mula

Representatives of the Agency:
Dr. Marilyn Brady, Ph.D., R.N., Dean of
Nursing, Trident Technical College/
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Chair, ACEN Board of Commissioners
Mr. Pat McKee, Managing Partner,
McKee & Mitchell, LLC
Dr. Marsal Stoll, Ed.D., M.S.N.,
Chief Executive Officer, ACEN

Third Party Oral Commenters:
Dr. Belle S. Wheelan, President, Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools
Commission on Colleges [SACSCOC]
Dr. Beverly Malone, CEO, National League
for Nursing

American Board of Funeral Service Education,
Committee on Accreditation [ABFSE]

Action for Consideration:
Renewal of Recognition 303

NACIQI Primary Readers:
Mr. Simon Boehme
Mr. Ralph Wolff, J.D.

Department Staff:
Ms. Valerie Lefor

Representatives of the Agency:
Mr. Robert C. Smith, III, Executive
Director, ABFSE
Ms. Venus R. Smith, Chairperson,
Committee on Accreditation, ABFSE
Mr. Eugene Ogrodnik, President, ABFSE
Mr. Steven Spann, President, ABFSE
Ms. Billie Watson Hughes, ABFSE

National Accrediting Commission on Career
Arts and Sciences, Inc. [NACCAS]

Action for Consideration:
Renewal of Recognition 325

NACIQI Primary Readers:
Mr. Ralph Wolff, J.D.
Ms. Anne D. Neal, J.D.

Department Staff:
Dr. Rachael Shultz, Ed.D.

Representatives of the Agency:
Dr. Anthony Mirando, D.C., Executive Director,
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NACCAS
Mr. Darin Wallace, Director of
Governmental Affairs and Legal, NACCAS
Mr. Ray Testa, Chair, NACCAS Rerecognition
Committee

Third Party Oral Commenters:
Ms. Deana Labriola, General Counsel,
Park West Barber School
accompanied by:
Ms. Devon Williams, Counsel for Park West
Barber School and
Mr. Tom McIntosh, Park West Barber School

Public Postsecondary Vocational Education
Puerto Rico State Agency for the Approval
of Public Postsecondary Vocational,
Technical Institutions, and Programs
[PRHRDC]

Action for Consideration:
Renewal of Recognition 376

NACIQI Primary Readers:
Dr. Jill Derby, Ph.D.
M. Richard F. O'Donnell

Department Staff:
Dr. Rachael Shultz, Ed.D.

Representatives of the Agency:
[None present]

Closing Remarks 380

Recess 380

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P R O C E E D I N G S
CHAIRPERSON PHILLIPS: Good morning, and
welcome to day two of the December NACIQI meeting.
Some quick reintroductions as we continue our
agenda from yesterday. I'm Susan Phillips, the
Chair of NACIQI from the State University of New
York at Albany.
I'm going to ask folks to go around the
room. This time I'm going to start with Bill
Pepicello to introduce himself and to go around.
DR. PEPICELLO: I'm Bill Pepicello,
President Emeritus of University of Phoenix.
MR. O'DONNELL: I'm Rick O'Donnell, CEO of
Skills Fund.
MS. NEAL: Anne Neal, President of
American Council of Trustees and Alumni.
DR. FRENCH: George French, President of
Miles College.
DR. LeBLANC: Paul LeBlanc, President of
Southern New Hampshire University.
DR. DERBY: Jill Derby, Senior Consultant
with the Association of Governing Boards of
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Universities and Colleges.
DR. ZARAGOZA: Federico Zaragoza, Vice
Chancellor, Economic and Workforce Development,
Alamo Colleges.
MR. BOUNDS: I'm Herman Bounds, the
Director of the Department's Accreditation Group.
DR. HONG: Jennifer Hong, NACIQI Executive
Director and Designated Federal Official.
MS. MORGAN: Sally Morgan with the Office
of General Counsel at the Department, a non-
Committee member.
MS. MANGOLD: Donna Mangold, Office of
General Counsel.
MR. ROTHKOPF: Arthur Rothkopf, NACIQI
member, President Emeritus, Lafayette College.
MR. STAPLES: Cam Staples, President of
the New England Association of Schools and
Colleges.
MR. BROWN: Hank Brown, an attorney with
Brownstein Hyatt and Farber.
MR. BOUNDS: Bobbie Derlin, NACIQI member,
formerly Associate Provost at New Mexico State.
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DR. ETCHEMENDY: I'm John Etchemendy,
Provost at Stanford.
MR. BOEHME: Simon Boehme, former Mitchell
Scholar.