Institutions interested in applying for candidacy status should complete this document and submit it to ACBSP along with the $1,250 candidacy fee (1,000 outside the U.S.).  The $1,250 candidacy fee is applied to the total accreditation fee of $2,500 ($2,000 outside the U.S.)  A mentor will be appointed for institutions entering candidacy.  Please see the Cost of Accreditation for Associate Degree Schools listed below for additional information.

Complete this Preliminary Visit Questionnaire and send your response to your mentor to conduct a gap analysis. Your mentor will get back with you to develop any required action plan to close the gap in meeting the ACBSP standards.

An explanation of eligibility, initial accreditation and reaffirmation of accreditation, timetable and costs, visits and self study, evaluation team, maintaining accreditation and other key processes.

Proposed budget for the cost of accreditation for Associate Degree programs.

A tutorial which teaches how to fill out a QA Report. This is a PowerPoint presentation of 252 slides and is 10.6 MB for download.

Here is an example of a completed QA report.

This is the most current Quality Assurance (QA) Report template. The purpose of the QA Report is to keep ACBSP apprised of the institu­tional activities and changes that take place so a determination can be made that the business unit remains in compliance with ACBSP accreditation standards. Any activity or change within the institution and/or the busi­ness unit that alters the status of the business faculty, the business curriculum, resources in support of the business unit or other ACBSP accreditation standards must be reported. The business unit must inform ACBSP how they routinely provide reliable information to the public on their performance, including student achievement, in their Quality Assurance Reports.

Quality Assurance (QA) Reports are due February 27th or September 30th. Each business program was assigned one of these reporting cycles in your letter of accreditation from ACBSP. Submit your completed Quality Assurance Report as an email attachment to reports@acbsp.org.

This document presents the standards and criteria for institutions to demonstrate compliance with the accreditation standards of the Associate Degree Commission for initial accreditation and for reaffirmation of accreditation. 

This template is a Word document that incorporates much of the content of the Standards and Criteria book and is used to facilitate responding to the standards and criteria in a self-study for initial accreditation and for reaffirmation of accreditation.

ACBSP members who have completed evaluator training in a format approved by ACBSP should complete this form and submit it along with a current résumé. The form should be submitted to Steve Parscale, director of accreditation, or Diana Hallerud, assistant director of accreditation. It is also available for download on the Associate Degree Accreditation Web page.

This webinar was presented as supplemental training for first-time chairs and as an opportunity to share best practices among experienced chairs.