What's New Traditionally, the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity meets twice a year in June and December. As a result of the changes made in the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA), the Committee will not be meeting in June 2009. Meetings of the Committee will resume once the Committee has been re-established pursuant to the requirements of the HEOA. Once a meeting date for the next meeting has been established, a notice will be published in the Federal Register and an announcement will be posted here.

• Mission
• Meetings

The National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI), an advisory committee existing pursuant to Section 114 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, was established under the Higher Education Amendments of 1992 (Public Law 102-325).

Section 106 of the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEOA), Public Law 110-315, changed the structure of the NACIQI. The HEOA replaced a 15 member NACIQI that was appointed by the Secretary of Education (Secretary) with an 18 member NACIQI that will be appointed equally by the House, the Senate, and the Secretary. The HEOA specifies that the terms of all NACIQI members serving as of the HEOA's enactment date, August 14, 2008, expired on that date; that no new members can be appointed until January 31, 2009; and that no meetings can be conducted in the interim. Thus, no December 2008 meeting was permitted.

The NACIQI advises the Secretary of Education on matters related to accreditation and to the eligibility and certification process for institutions of higher education. Specifically, NACIQI provides recommendations to the Secretary of Education regarding:

• The establishment and enforcement of criteria for recognition of accrediting agencies or associations under Subpart 2 of Part H, Title IV, of the HEA.

• The recognition of specific accrediting agencies or associations or a specific State approval agency.

• The preparation and publication of the list of nationally recognized accrediting agencies and associations.

• The eligibility and certification process for institutions of higher education under Title IV, of the HEA.

• The relationship between (1) accreditation of institutions of higher education and the certification and eligibility of such institutions, and (2) state licensing responsibilities with respect to such institutions.

• Any other advisory functions relating to accreditation and institutional eligibility that the Secretary may prescribe.

Information on the Secretary's criteria for recognition of accrediting agencies is available at: http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html.

The NACIQI meets twice a year in the Washington, DC metropolitan area and the meetings are open to the public.

2008 MEETING

Spring Meeting - June 9, 2008 - The Liaison Capitol Hill at 415 New Jersey Avenue, N.W., Washington, D. C. Tel (202) 638-1616

Call for Comments | PDF

Meeting Notice | PDF

Meeting Notice | PDF

For more information, please contact the NACIQI's Executive Director at (202) 219-7009.