In 2019, the CAA completed 47 accreditation application reviews of graduate academic programs (5 clinical doctoral programs in audiology, 42 master’s programs in speech-language pathology), including reviews of applications for candidacy. Additionally, the CAA reviewed 1 annual report referred for probation, 2 substantive change requests, and 1 end of probation report. All reviews were based on 2017 Standards for Accreditation.
The CAA also reviewed annual reports from 242 graduate academic programs (56 clinical doctoral programs in audiology, 186 master’s programs in speech-language pathology).
The CAA’s 2019 accreditation reviews resulted in the following accreditation decisions:
Accreditation status decisions (e.g., award accreditation, place on probation) are made public in accordance with the CAA’s Public Notice of Accreditation Actions policy. The CAA’s policy and descriptions of those decisions can be found in the Accreditation Handbook [PDF]—Chapter XII: Informing the Public.
The CAA most frequently cited programs for noncompliance or partial compliance in 2019 as the result of initial and re-accreditation application reviews on the following requirements:
Of note, there were 24 graduate academic programs that received no citations (e.g., no areas of noncompliance, no areas of partial compliance, and no areas for follow-up) as a result of their initial or re-accreditation application reviews in 2019.
The CAA most frequently cited programs for noncompliance or partial compliance in 2019 as the result of annual report reviews on the following requirements:
*Similar to previous years, almost a third of the programs submitting annual reports for CAA review in 2019 were cited for non-compliance under Standard 1.9. Further, of the citations under Standard 1.9, the majority were for “inaccuracy of accreditation statement” (e.g., not using the CAA-specified language and components). There were also many citations for “incomplete and inaccurate student achievement data” (e.g., missing the most recently completed academic year’s data or mislabeled on the program website).
Also of note, there were 137 graduate academic programs that received no citations (e.g., no areas of noncompliance, no areas of partial compliance, and no areas for follow-up) as a result of their annual report reviews in 2019.