statements for that section can be found. Following the format outline you have chosen will save time, reduce redundancy, and be clearest to visitors and Commissioners. Standards statements in the NASM begin with the for Handbook “Basic Criteria and follow with general issues of purpose and operations. They then proceed to Membership” curricular programs of various levels and types, and continue on to various kinds of institutional and programmatic specializations. The ordering and numbering of these statements reflect their comprehensiveness; the standards address a wide variety of Handbook institutions, programs, and possibilities. Not all statements are applicable to every institution, and thus not all Handbook Handbook statements will need to be addressed in every Self-Study. 2. For these and other reasons, the ordering and numbering of the standards in the are Handbook not the same as the ordering of items in the Self-Study outline for any format, or the outline in any institutional Self-Study. In some instances, there is parallel ordering, but there is never an exact correlation throughout. Example: As noted above, Standards for Accreditation I. in the Handbook presents “Basic Criteria for However, if an institution provides all the information requested in Membership.” any Self-Study format outline, the standards listed as should be addressed “Basic Criteria” automatically. Therefore, to avoid redundancy, no Self-Study format asks for a separate response to the item I in each Self-Study format addresses another portion of “Basic Criteria”; the standards. 3. Consistency of ordering and numbering between the and the Self-Study document Handbook is not possible, required, or expected. Please follow the outline order of the format that has been chosen and use it to demonstrate compliance with or fulfillment of published NASM standards applicable to the specific programs of your institution. 4. The content outline for follows. Format C
statements for that section can be found. Following the format outline you have chosen will save time, reduce redundancy, and be clearest to visitors and Commissioners. Standards statements in the NASM Handbook begin with the “Basic Criteria for Membership” and follow with general issues of purpose and operations. They then proceed to curricular programs of various levels and types, and continue on to various kinds of institutional and programmatic specializations. The ordering and numbering of these Handbook statements reflect their comprehensiveness; the standards address a wide variety of institutions, programs, and possibilities. Not all Handbook statements are applicable to every institution, and thus not all Handbook statements will need to be addressed in every Self-Study. 2. For these and other reasons, the ordering and numbering of the standards in the Handbook are not the same as the ordering of items in the Self-Study outline for any format, or the outline in any institutional Self-Study. In some instances, there is parallel ordering, but there is never an exact correlation throughout. Example: As noted above, Standards for Accreditation I. in the Handbook presents “Basic Criteria for Membership.” However, if an institution provides all the information requested in any Self-Study format outline, the standards listed as “Basic Criteria” should be addressed automatically. Therefore, to avoid redundancy, no Self-Study format asks for a separate response to the “Basic Criteria”; item I in each Self-Study format addresses another portion of the standards. 3. Consistency of ordering and numbering between the Handbook and the Self-Study document is not possible, required, or expected. Please follow the outline order of the format that has been chosen and use it to demonstrate compliance with or fulfillment of published NASM standards applicable to the specific programs of your institution. 4. The content outline for Format C follows.
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