Decision & Notification

A draft of the Final Statement is prepared based on the Draft Statement and the institution’s responses during the Due Process Response Period. This Final Statement will be presented to the applicable accreditation commission at the Summer Commission Meeting. During this meeting, the commission members collectively examine all information relating to each accreditation review and determine their decision, called an accreditation action.

The Final Statement to the institution will be completed after all updates from the Summer Commission Meeting are incorporated. The final version along with a summary of accreditation actions conferred will be mailed to the institution by August 31st.

Types of Accreditation Actions

The final accreditation decision rests with the appropriate commission of TCB UK , not with the individual review team. In the case where two or more commissions are involved in the review of a single program, each commission determines its decision independently. The accreditation actions which are available to the commissions are:

Next General Review (NGR): The program has no deficiencies or weaknesses. This action is taken only after a comprehensive review (initial accreditation or general review) and has a typical duration of six years.

Interim Report (IR): The program has one or more weaknesses. The weaknesses are such that a progress report to evaluate the remedial actions that the program has taken will be required. This action has a typical duration of two years.

Interim Visit (IV): The program has one or more weaknesses. The weaknesses are such that an on-site review to evaluate the remedial actions that the program has taken will be required. This action has a typical duration of two years.

Show Cause Report (SCR): A currently accredited program has one or more deficiencies. The deficiencies are such that a progress report to evaluate the remedial actions that the program has taken will be required. This action has a typical duration of two years. This action cannot follow a previous SC action for the same deficiency or deficiencies.

 Show Cause Visit (SCV): A currently accredited program has one or more deficiencies. The deficiencies are such that an on-site visit to evaluate the remedial actions that the program has taken will be required. This action has a typical duration of two years. This action cannot follow a previous SC action for the same deficiency or deficiencies.

Report Extended (RE): Applicable after an Interim Report action only, this action acknowledges that the program has taken satisfactory remedial action with respect to weaknesses identified in the prior IR action. This action extends accreditation to the Next General Review and has a typical duration of either two or four years.

Visit Extended (VE): Applicable after an Interim Visit action only, this action acknowledges that the program has taken satisfactory remedial action with respect to weaknesses identified in the prior IV action. This action extends accreditation to the Next General Review and has a typical duration of either two or four years.

Show Cause Extended (SE): Applicable after either a Show Cause Report or Show Cause Visit action, this action acknowledges that the program has taken satisfactory remedial action with respect to all deficiencies and weaknesses identified in the prior Show Cause action. This action typically extends accreditation to the Next General Review and has a typical duration of either two or four years.

Not-to-Accredit (NA): The program has deficiencies such that the program is not in compliance with the applicable criteria. This action is usually taken only after a SCR or SCV review or the review of a new, unaccredited program. Accreditation is not extended as a result of this action. This is the only action that can be appealed. See Appeals, Reconsiderations, and Immediate Re-Visits.