COE given more time to comply with USDE standards: Accreditors receiving greater scrutiny with new regulations

摘要

Department of Education staff and a USDE committee have recommended continuing the AVMA Council on Education's recognition as the accreditor for U.S. veterinary schools and colleges. In addition, they gave the council one year to comply with a seriesof department standards. The USDE staff recommendations were delivered Dec. 12, 2012, in Washington, D.C., during a hearing by the department's National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity. Dr. David E. Granstrom, director of the AVMA Education and Research Division, said the USDE advisory committee approved a motion with wording similar to that in the staff report. The motion came at the end of the morning hearing, during which several speakers testified for and against continuedCOE recognition.