The United States Department of Education (USDE) procedures require accrediting agencies, such as the Commission on Dental Accreditation, to provide an opportunity for third-party comment, with respect to institutions or programs scheduled for review.
The Dental Hygiene program at Northampton Community College is scheduled for an accreditation site visit from the Commission on Dental Accreditation on December 13th and December 14th, 2007.
This notice provides interested parties, such as students, patients, clients, faculty and administrators, the opportunity to give third-party comment pertaining to the accreditation standards for the discipline of Dental Hygiene and/or accreditation policies. Comments must pertain only to the standards for the discipline of Dental Hygiene.
Third-party comments must be received in the Commission office sixty (60) days prior to the program’s site visit, i.e., on or before October 12, 2007.
A copy of the Dental Hygiene accreditation standards and/or the Commission’s policy on third-party comments may be obtained by contacting the Commission at 211 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, or by calling 1-800-621-8099, extension 4653.
Comments should be submitted to: Third Party Comments, Commission on Dental Accreditation, 211 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL., 60611; or faxed to 312-440-2915.
