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Communication Disorders & Sciences Accreditation Review

The graduate program in Communication Disorders & Sciences/Speech-Language Pathology at Eastern Illinois is in the process of review for continued accreditation by the Council of Academic Accreditation (CAA) of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association. In accordance with the CAA’s Public Comment policy and procedures, the CAA is seeking public comment as part of its review of EIU’s master’s programs in speech-language pathology that has submitted application for continued accreditation and site visit.

How To Submit Comments

Individuals who wish to provide input about EIU’s graduate speech-language pathology program may do so in two ways:

1.   Submit written comments prior to the accreditation site visit on October 21 & 22. All comments are due in the Accreditation Office no later than three business days before the first day of the scheduled site visit (Oct 16). Comments received after this time will not be forwarded to the site visit team for consideration during the accreditation review. Comments may be submitted by email (accreditation@asha.org), fax (301-296-8570), or mailed to Accreditation Public Comment, Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA), 2200 Research Boulevard, #310, Rockville, MD 20850. 

2.   Provide comments to the site visit team during the program’s scheduled site visit, such as during the public meeting.

All comments must:

• Relate to a program’s compliance with the current Standards for Accreditation
• Identify the specific program seeking candidacy, initial accreditation, or continued accreditation with the CAA
• All written testimony—including comments faxed or submitted as email attachments—must include the commenter’s name, address, 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.

Comments that do not meet these requirements will not be considered, and the individual or group commenting will be notified.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING DURING SITE VISIT

You are invited to share your experiences with or comments about the graduate program in Communication Disorders & Sciences/ Speech-Language Pathology at EIU with re-accreditation site visitors.  The public meeting will be in the CDS classroom in the Human Services Building, Room 2502 on Monday Oct 21, 2024 at 3:30 p.m.