PUBLIC NOTICE
Invitation to a Public Meeting during the Site Visit of the Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Friday, April 1, 2011; 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Health Sciences Building, Room 110A
Riverpoint Campus
The Department of Communication Disorders at Eastern Washington University invites all interested parties (e.g., clinic clients, clinic supervisors, current and former students, members of EWU’s academic community, and members of the general community) to a Public Meeting during its upcoming accreditation site visit. The Public Meeting will be held from 11:00 am until 12:00 noon on Friday, April 1, in Room 110A of the Health Sciences Building on the Riverpoint Campus. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet with members of the accreditation site visit team to provide personal observations and experiences related to the graduate program’s compliance with the CAA’s accreditation standards.
Interested parties may either attend this meeting to provide oral or written testimony to the Site Visit Team, or may provide comments to the Council on Academic Accreditation prior to the site visit. Written comments provided prior to the site visit must be submitted to the Council on Academic Accreditation no later than Wednesday, March 16. All written testimony must include the commentor’s name, address, telephone number, and the commentor’s relationship to EWU’s Department of Communication Disorders. All written comments must be signed and submitted to:
Accreditation Public Comment
Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA)
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
2200 Research Blvd., #310
Rockville, MD 20850
Written comments can also be faxed (301-296-8570) or emailed (accreditation@asha.org) to the CAA.
A copy of the CAA’s Standards for Accreditation and Policy on Public Comments can be obtained by contacting the Accreditation Office at the address above, by calling ASHA’s Action Center at 800-498-2071, or by accessing these documents online at:
http://www.asha.org/academic/accreditation/accredmanual/section3.htm and http://www.asha.org/uploadedFiles/academic/accreditation/PublicComment05.pdf.
Interested parties may also contact Donald R. Fuller, chair of the Department of Communication Disorders, for more information (phone: 509-828-1378; email: dfuller@ewu.edu).
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