Self-Study Materials

The Commission has developed materials to guide schools through the accreditation process:

The Manual for School Evaluation is the tool and template for self-study preparation.  The manual may be ordered in print, or sections may be downloaded.   Please use the list of Manual sections on the left side of this page to print or download.

PLEASE NOTE:
For schools that have begun the self-study process with the 2005 Pilot Edition of the Manual, please click to read The Comparison document which details the differences between the Pilot and 2007 editions.  

The Self-Study Guide is an abbreviated collection of documents.  Please click below to print in pdf format:

Standards and Indicators (8 pages)
Guide to the Self Study (2 pages)
The Phases of Accreditation (1 page legal-size paper)

Or to download documents in MSWord, please use the links below:

Standards and Indicators
Guide to the Self Study
The Phases of Accreditation

In addition to the downloads, copies of the Self-Study Guide may be requested via email: cis@neasc.org or by contacting the Commission office - 781-541-5427.