ACEN Policies

A nursing program seeking ACEN initial or continuing accreditation explicitly agrees that information pertaining to the program shall be made available within 30 calendar days of the accreditation decisions made by the Board of Commissioners. In accordance with the table below, the ACEN will provide written notification to:

• The program’s nurse administrator ^1,5.
• The Chief Executive Officer of the governing organization ^1,5.
• U.S. Department of Education Secretary ^1,2,4,5.
• U.S. Department of Education Case Management Teams ^1,2,5.
• State regulatory agencies for nursing ^1,2,5.
• State Departments/Ministries of Education (as applicable) ^1,2,5.
• Council for Higher Education Accreditation ^1,2,5.
• Institutional accrediting agencies recognized by the ACEN for governing organizations ^1,2,5.
• Peer evaluators who reviewed the program ^1.
• Higher Education Publications, Inc. ^1,2,5.
• The public (through posting on the ACEN website) ^{1,2,3,4,5.
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Note: Superscript numbers in the ACEN Dispersal of Accreditation Information section below correspond to the superscripts shown in the recipient listing above.
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