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The National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS) is committed to being the premier international agency for accreditation and approval of educational programs in the clinical laboratory sciences and related health professions through the involvement of expert volunteers and its dedication to public service.
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NAACLS will offer "NAACLS: Taking a Step Forward
An Examination of the New Standards and Improved Accreditation/Approval Processes " in Rosemont, Illinois (near Chicago) on Friday, November 8, 2013. Click the header for more information.
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The new Standards for Accredited and Approved Programs, adopted by the NAACLS Board of Directors in September 2012, are posted. Please subscribe to the NAACLS News blog to learn all the details about implementation. Programs that have Self-Study Reports due in fall 2014 and accreditation/approval awards expiring October 2015 will be using these Standards.
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NAACLS Programs undergoing the Accreditation process can complete their Self-Studies using a pdf template. The Self-Study Template can be completed using the free version of Adobe Reader. Simply download the file and follow the instructions within. Completed Self-Studies can be submitted to NAACLS via flash drive. Please note that you must save the file, not work on it online.
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The newest NAACLS Annual Volunteer Report is now available, as we continue to make publically available the performance of our volunteers within the framework of our peer-review-based agency, based on evaluations that are completed during the accreditation review process.
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The Guide to Accreditation for Doctoral Clinical Laboratory Science programs is on the web. If you have questions or comments, please send them here.
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A task force chaired by Donna Spannaus-Martin has been charged to review and update the NAACLS Program Revitalization: Strategies for Survival document. Other task force members include Linda Ross, Debbie Wisenor, Randy Vandervander, Fred Rodriguez (board liaison), and Gwen James-Oriaikhi (staff liaison).
The Program Revitalization Task force would appreciate any ideas/strategies that you might have to include in the updated document. These can be sent directly to Donna Spannaus-Martin.
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The linked pdf shows citation data from 2003-2009. This should be useful to programs preparing for initial and continuing accreditation reviews.
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The NAACLS Business Office will now accept credit card payments.
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NAACLS is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, and, as such, is committed to quality in education and educational review. Institutions or accrediting bodies that do not undergo such rigorous review are often termed "degree mills" or "accreditation mills", and the certificates and degrees offered may be of dubious quality or even bogus. As the CHEA website states, "Degree mills and accreditation mills mislead and harm. In the United States, degrees and certificates from mills may not be acknowledged by other institutions when students seek to transfer or go to graduate school. Employers may not acknowledge degrees and certificates from degree mills when providing tuition assistance for continuing education. 'Accreditation' from an accreditation mill can mislead students and the public about the quality of an institution. In the presence of degree mills and accreditation mills, students may spend a good deal of money and receive neither an education nor a useable credential."
For more information on degree mills or accreditation mills, please refer to the following websites:
chea.org/degreemills
www2.ed.gov/students/prep/college/diplomamills/diploma-mills.html
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