[Federal Register: September 9, 1997 (Volume 62, Number 174)] [Notices] [Page 47472] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr09se97-43] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION National Committee of Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation ACTION: Notice of meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DATE AND TIME: Thursday, October 9, 1997, 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m., Friday, October 10, 1997, 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. PLACE: The Embassy Suites Hotel, 1250 22nd Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037. The meeting site is accessible to individuals with disabilities. An individual with a disability who will need an accommodation to participate in the meeting (e.g., interpreting service, assistive listening device, or materials in an alternate format) should notify the contact person listed in this notice at least two weeks before the scheduled meeting date. Although the Department will attempt to meet a request received after that date, the requested accommodations may not be available because of insufficient time to arrange it. STATUS: Parts of this meeting will be open to the public. Part of this meeting will be closed to the public. MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The standards of accreditation applied to medical schools by a number of foreign countries and the comparability of those standards to the standards of accreditation applied to United States medical schools. Discussions of the standards of accreditation will be held in sessions open to the public. Discussions that focus on specific determinations of comparability are closed to the public in order that each country may be properly notified of the decision. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 481 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended in 1992 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1088), the Secretary established within the Department of Education the National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation. The Committee's responsibilities are to (1) evaluate the standards of accreditation applied to applicant foreign medical schools; and (2) determined the comparability of those standards for accreditation applied to United States medical schools. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol F. Sperry, Executive Director, National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation, 7th and D Streets, S.W., Room 3082, ROB #3, Washington, D.C. 20202-7563. Telephone: (202) 260-3636. Beginning September 22, 1997, you may call to obtain the identity of the countries whose standards are to be evaluated during this meeting. Dated: September 2, 1997. David A. Longanecker, Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education. [FR Doc. 97-23733 Filed 9-8-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-M