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Program Accreditors

Kyle Stout

Siena Heights University

Student I.D. # 530263

June 14, 2020

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Table

Comparison International Commission on Council for National

Element Accreditation Accreditation of Accreditation Association of
Council for Business Healthcare of Counseling Schools of Music
Education (IACBE) Management and Related (NASM)
Education Educational
(CAHME) Programs
(CACREP)
Website https://iacbe.org/accr https://cahme.org/ https://www.ca https://nasm.arts-
editation/ crep.org/ accredit.org/
About The IACBE believes CAHME is an CACREP is an NASM is the
in an accreditation accrediting accrediting accrediting agency
process that organization that agency that accredits music
promotes outcomes- seeks to further the dedicated to programs within the
based education development of furthering the united states.
paired with a drive healthcare education that NASM seeks to
for fulfilling management and prepares unify the higher
program and leadership. They people for education work
institutional seek to serve the counseling and relating to music
missions. The public interest by other related through a group of
IACBE notes that it improving professional set standards,
seeks to help healthcare fields. creating a uniform
programs find management CACREP method of granting
accreditation in this education through seeks to credit, as well as
manner instead of a setting measurable accomplish advanced music in
preference for outcomes, this through American life most
academic resources. supporting programs the creation of notably in higher
that seek to meet or education education.
exceed those standards, (NASM, 2020)
outcomes, encouraging
accrediting graduate excellence in
programs, and the
making all this development
information readily of programs,
available. (CAHME, and accrediting
2019). professional
development
programs.
Number of 1,800+ (IACBE, 106 (CAHME, 870 639 (NASM, 2020)
Accredited 2020) 2019). (CACREP)
Members
Inception 1997 (IACBE, 2020) 1968 (CAHME, 1981 1924 (NASM,
2019). (CACREP) 2020)
Cost  Membership  Annual CACREP like  Institutional
Dues: $2,650 student’s many Membership
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 Accreditation enrollment accrediting : $400 for

Maintenance fees: $5,100- agencies has the first two
Fee: $500- $6,500 (this several fees evaluations,
$1,500 is based on that programs $300 for
 Accounting the number and institutions subsequent
Accreditation of students must pay for doctoral
Maintenance enrolled in a either the program
Fee: $200 program. If accrediting visits, $200
 Individual the number process, for master’s
Fee: $50- of enrolled continued program
$200 students membership, visits, and
 Application exceeds 500, late delivery of $100 for all
Fees: $800- they add $5 documents, or other
$1,850 for each rescheduling institutions.
 (IACBE, student over visits. Unlike  Evaluator
2020) 500.) other sites, fees: NASM
 Accreditation however, states that
Appeal fee: CACREP does this fee does
$9,500 not make the not always
 Initiation fee: exact amount have a set
$8,800. of these fees amount, but
 Campus visit known on their they do state
(per day): site and instead that $1,000
$2,250. calculate them is a
 Site visit on a case by conservative
delay fee: case basis. guess as to
$4,000. how much it
 Application could cost.
fee: $2,250.  NASM
 Candidacy states that
acceptance many
fee: $4,750. factors can
 Annual Fee: determine
$2,500. what annual
 (CAHME, dues will
2019) cost. Mostly
these dues
depend on
what
programs
are offered
at an
institution,
whether or
not graduate
work is
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offered
early, the
level of
degrees
offered, as
well as the
type of
institution
that offers
these
degrees.
Accreditation 1-2 Years, five years 2-4 years if any 1-2 years. Because of the
Preparation allowed to complete criteria are not met scope of possible
Period the process after in initial reviews. accreditation for
accepted candidacy. institutions and
(IACBE, 2020) programs by
NASM, NASM
does not list any
concrete timescale
for the preparation
period.
Accreditation 7 Years (IACBE, 3 years if not all 8 years. There NASM member
Granted 2020) criteria established is a two-year institutions must
by CAHME are met. accreditation report annually to
7 Years if the cycle that some NASM and the
program has already programs may HEADS data
been accredited by receive if they survey to maintain
CAHME. (CAHME, do not meet all their accreditation
2019). CACREP’s status. After
standards. IF a members have
program achieved a full
receives a two- membership status,
year they can expect a
accreditation, reevaluation after
they will need five years and then
to fix their follow a ten-year
issues and send reevaluation cycle.
a report to
CACREP.
Accreditation IACBE accredits CAHME seeks to CACREP NASM accredits
Scope any program which accredit any accredits any any institutions and
offers business program that offers a counseling programs that have
degrees at the graduate-level graduate any aspect of a
associate’s, degree in the field of program. This music degree.
bachelor’s, master’s, health care extends outside NASM has set
and doctoral levels. management. of the united standards for music
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Ultimately the states as well. at the associates,

candidacy of a bachelor’s,
program depends on master’s, and
the mission and doctoral levels.
goals of said NASM also has
program and not standards set for
where the program is Music degrees in
housed within its multiple fields
institution. including, therapy,
education, and the
arts.
Recognition In 2011 the CHEA CAHME is CACREP is NASM is
Status Board of Directors recognized currently recognized by recognized by
formally recognized by CHEA for ten CHEA. CHEA.
IACBE as a years. CACREP
programmatic states that it is
accrediting body. the mission of
CACREP and
CHEA to
ensure people
are not taken
advantage of
by degree mills
and
accreditation
mills.
Programs Any program that CAHME accredits CACREP NASM offers
offers a degree in all healthcare states that it multiple
business or dedicates management accredits both accreditation
fifty percent of its graduate programs. master’s and programs that are
credits towards It appears this only doctoral entirely dependent
business education applies to master’s programs on the type of
may receive programs and not which grant music degree
accreditation. doctoral programs as degrees in offered as well as
Associate’s, CAHME does not counseling. the type of
bachelor’s, master’s, speak on accrediting The standards institution offering
and doctoral doctoral programs. upheld by the degree.
programs are all CACREP meet
included in their many of the
eligibility for licensure
accreditation. standards set
by states.
Comments IACBE seems to be CAHME has the CACREP is NASM seems to
the most reasonable uglies website as interesting in have the largest
accreditor regarding well as one of the the fact that it scope of possible
cost and time. more difficult ones does not accredited
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CAHME, CACREP, to navigate. They do explicitly programs and

and NASM either a good job of discuss its institutions which is
are sticklers providing perfectly accreditation quite surprising
regarding reporting relevant information initiatives as given the arts
times or cost of to users as well as much as the concentration of the
application and providing detail as to other organization. The
membership. IACBE why their organizations NASM website has
however, provides accreditation status do in this almost too much
ample time for their matters. It is quite group. Instead, information and
process even though astounding at how CACREP much of it is often
on average it takes at many fees there are discusses the not the information
most two years. with CAHME, importance of you are attempting
IACBE also grants a however. They are accreditation to find. It is also
reasonable seven- without a doubt the but do not interesting that
year accreditation more expensive comment much NASM is the oldest
before a reevaluation accreditor in this on why their accrediting body
is needed. This is not table, although that accreditation is out of this group. It
as lenient as is tough to say as beneficial to is also astounding
NASM’s 10-year CAHME does not the sphere of the lengths NASM
accreditation is but it explicitly state what education. goes to in its
seems that there are their accreditation Their website mission to collect
fewer hoops to jump process and while pretty is data from
through to attain it. membership costs. somewhat institutions to
shallow in the further music at the
information. higher education
level.

References

About IACBE | Accreditation Business Schools | iacbe.org. (2020, January 6). Retrieved from

https://iacbe.org/about-page/

CACREP. (n.d.). About. Retrieved from https://www.cacrep.org/about-cacrep/

CAHME. (2019). CAHME. Retrieved from https://cahme.org/healthcare-management-

education-accreditation/2019/06/24/cahme-marks-newly-accredited-and-re-accredited-programs/

National Association of Schools of Music. (2020, June 1). Home. Retrieved from

https://nasm.arts-accredit.org/
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