Public comment invited for re-accreditation process at SUNY New Paltz
10/12/2005
NEW PALTZ -- The State University of New York at New Paltz graduate programs in Communication Disorders are undergoing review for re-accreditation by the Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA) of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA).
As part of this process, the college is inviting public comment about its programs at a public meeting at 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 7, in Lecture Center 102. Students, clients of the SUNY New Paltz Speech-Language Hearing Center, and all other interested parties are invited to attend.
The ASHA Standards for Accreditation and the ASHA CAA Policy on Public Comment may be obtained by contacting the accreditation office at ASHA, 10801 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Md. 20852, by calling the ASHA Action Center at (800) 498-2071 or by accessing the documents at www.asha.org/about/credentialing/accreditation.
SUNY New Paltz has offered graduate study in Communication Disorders since 1982. The programs were accredited by ASHA in 1991 and were re-accredited in 1998.
For directions to the campus and a campus map, go to www.newpaltz.edu/map or call (845) 257-3600 for more information.
Located in the heart of a dynamic college town, 90 minutes from metropolitan New York City, the State University of New York at New Paltz is a highly selective college of about 8,000 undergraduate and graduate students.
One of the most well-regarded public colleges in the nation, New Paltz delivers an extraordinary number of majors in Business, Liberal Arts, Sciences, Engineering, Fine and Performing Arts and Education.
New Paltz embraces its culture as a community where talented and independent minded people from around the world create close personal links with real scholars and artists who love to teach.
