Public Meeting with the Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA)

The Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA) invites public input about the accreditation process and about our graduate program in Speech-Language Pathology prior to the final reaccreditation decision by the CAA. Individuals who wish to provide such input may do so by submitting written comments prior to the accreditation site visit or by providing oral and/or written comments at the public meeting listed below.

Location Information

• Angello Alumni House (Immediately next door to the Hy Weinberg Center)
  April 11, 2024 • 4:15pm – 5:00pm
  154 Cambridge Avenue
  Garden City, NY 11530
• ZOOM / Video Conferencing
  April 11, 2024 • 4:15pm – 5:00pm
  If you will attend via Zoom, please RSVP to napolitano2@adelphi.edu by April 5, 2024. Your RSVP must include your full name, email address, cell phone number, and Zoom name (if different from full name). Once you RSVP, we will send you the Zoom link information.

If you are unable to attend the Public Meeting but wish to comment, written comments may be submitted to the CAA in advance of the public meeting.

• All written testimony—including comments faxed or submitted as e-mail attachments–must include the commenter’s name, address and telephone contact information and the commenter’s relationship to the program in order for Accreditation staff to verify the source of the testimony. All comments must be signed.
• All comments are due in the Accreditation Office no later than three (3) business days before the first day of the scheduled site visit. Comments received after this time will not be forwarded to the site visit team for consideration during the accreditation review, in accordance with the procedures specified in Chapter XII of the Accreditation Handbook.
• Comments may be submitted by:
  • Email: (accreditation@asha.org)
  • Fax: (301-296-8570)
  • Mail: Accreditation Public Comment, Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA), 2200 Research Boulevard, #310, Rockville, MD 20850.

All comments provided must:

• relate to a program’s compliance with the published Standards for Accreditation of Graduate Education Programs in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (Standards) in effect at the time comments are submitted, and
• identify the specific program seeking candidacy, initial accreditation, or reaccreditation with the CAA. Comments not meeting these requirements will not be considered, and the individual or group commenting will be so notified.

A copy of the Standards for Accreditation and/or the CAA’s Policy on Public Comment may be obtained by contacting the Accreditation Office at ASHA, 2200 Research Boulevard, #310, Rockville, Maryland 20850, calling ASHA’s Action Center at 1-800-498-2071, or accessing the documents online at https://caa.asha.org/.