E6-18652. National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, (National Advisory Committee); Notice of Meeting Changes

AGENCY:

National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, Department of Education.

SUMMARY:

This notice advises interested parties of changes concerning the December 2006 meeting of the National Advisory Committee and amends information provided in the original meeting notice published in the July 26, 2006 Federal Register (71 FR 42366).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Francesca Paris-Albertson, the Executive Director of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, U.S. Department of Education, room 7110, MS 7592, 1990 K St., NW., Washington, DC 20006, telephone: [phone], fax: [phone], e-mail: [e-mail].

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The changes to the agenda for the December 2006 meeting of the National Advisory Committee, to be held at the Madison, 1177 Fifteenth Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005:

(1) There will be a two-hour discussion among the NACIQI members regarding the report from the Secretary's Commission on the Future of Higher Education. The discussion is scheduled for Monday, December 4, 2006 from 8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.

(2) Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Schools, which was originally scheduled for review during the National Advisory Committee's December 2006 meeting, withdrew their request for an expansion of scope. Their request for an expansion of scope included the accreditation and preaccreditation of not-for-profit postsecondary non-degree-granting institutions in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington.

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Authority: 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2.

James F. Manning,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.