Handbook of Accreditation-3rd Edition.pdf
The Commission has a new mission statement, a new name, new legal status, new decision-making structures, and a new corporate logo. It has enhanced its programs and services through new Criteria, a new candidacy program, and a new team report format. In addition, it introduced a second program for maintaining accredited status-the Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP)-and created a new identity for the traditional approach-the Program to Evaluate and Advance Quality (PEAQ). Consultant-evaluators, the heart of the Commission’s evaluation processes, are now part of a larger corps of peer reviewers. Effective peer review is fundamental to the success of both PEAQ and AQIP, and the Handbook provides information on how the Commission strives to ensure the integrity of its peer reviewers and the processes in which they participate.

