DETC Accrediting Commission

Call for Public Comment

The Distance Education and Training Council currently is seeking public comment on the following items:

Proposed Changes to Policy C.9. — Policy on Degree Programs

Any comments on the above proposed policy changes should be sent to Sally Welch (sally@detc.org) before May 1, 2010. Final adoption of these additions will be considered at the Commission’s June 2010 meeting.

Proposed Changes to Policy C.9. — Policy on Degree Programs:

Standard VI: Qualifications of Institution, Owners, Governing Board Members, Administrators, Instructors/Faculty, and Staff

1. Qualifications of Instructors/Faculty (to replace copy under Associate's Degrees and Baccalaureate Degreees)

[add] Degrees in Specialized Fields: Faculty teaching courses that are part of a degree in a specialized field must posess the appropriate coredential and degree in the subject being taught and demonstrate expertise in the subject field.

Undergraduate Degrees: Faculty teaching courses that are part of an undergraduate degree must posess, at a mimimum, a degree at least one level above that of the program they are teaching, and demonstarte expertise in the subject field of the discipline. Faculty teaching general education courses at the undergraduate level must posess a Master's degree in the assigned general education subject field or have a Master's degree and 18 semester hours in the general education subject field.

2. Under Standard VII. Admissions (changes in boldface italic)

First Professional Degree: Applicants for admission must have at a minimum a baccalaureate degree, earned a postsecondary degree, but preferably both baccalaureate and master's degrees, from an appropriately accredited institution. The institution shall maintain (electronically or in print) the official transcript from the college or university from which the student earned his/her Baccalaureate or Master's degree to verify the student's qualification for admission to the program. Electronic documents must be maintained according to C.21. Policy on Required Institutional Documents. Applicants must have sucessfully completed subject area/course prerequisites at an appropriately accredited institution.

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Any comments on the above proposed standards and policy additions should be sent to Sally Welch (sally@detc.org) before May 1, 2010. Final adoption of these additions will be considered at the Commission’s June 2010 meeting.

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