Eligibility

A concurrent enrollment partnership is eligible to apply for NACEP accreditation application in 2012 if it meets all the following minimum criteria:

• Is a Post-secondary Institutional Member of NACEP. CEP programs that are not currently members of NACEP must also complete a New Member Application.
• Has continuously offered courses that meet NACEP’s definition of concurrent enrollment since at least August 2007 or was initially accredited in 2006.
• Has implemented the policies and procedures described in all seventeen NACEP standards prior to July 2, 2012.
• Can submit documentation that the practices described in the standards were in place during the 2011-12 school year.
• Can submit completed program evaluation reports, including the survey of CEP alumni who are four years out of high school as described in the Evaluation Standards.

Typically a CEP program has been in programmatic self-study review for one year prior to applying.

NACEP accreditation is valid for 7 years; concurrent enrollment programs must apply for NACEP re-accreditation 6 years after their initial accreditation in order to maintain continuous accreditation. To remain an accredited program during this period programs must be postsecondary members of NACEP in good standing, pay annual fees required of accredited programs, and continue to implement policies and follow practices that meet NACEP standards.