ACCET Conference

2017 Annual Conference

November 6-8, 2017
Hyatt Regency San Antonio Riverwalk
123 Losoya St
San Antonio, Texas, 78205
Conference Program

The program committee has completed the outline of the ACCET 2017 Annual Conference. Here is a sneak preview:

  • Keynote Speakers:
    • Opening Plenary:  Congressman Henry Cuellar, (D) Texas: informed proponent of our sector & an excellent speaker
    • Closing Plenary: Roben Graziadei, MA, Senior Client Partner, Franklin Covey – Higher Education, Author and Speaker
  • Breakout Topics:
    • Up Close & Personal Roundtable with ACCET Commissioners & Staff
    • Views from the Field: Well-known leaders from across our sector
    • Exceeding ACCET Standards: What’s in a Strength?
    • Mission Impossible: How to get the  most from your school’s Mission Statement
    • Conversation of Leaders: A Roundtable for CEOs/ Campus Directors/Key Management
    • Who Accredits the Accreditor: An Update on ACCET’s re-recognition with the US Department of Education & a guide on the recognition process
    • Completion & Job Placement: Placement Verification and 3rd Party Audits
    • New Technologies for Curriculum, Testing and Licensing: Learn from the Experts
    • Framework for Intensive English Programs: The Global Scale of Language
    • Sector Updates from the President of CECU
    • SEVP: IEP: Session with SEVP Staff
    • Maintaining Compliance Between Grants
    • Accreditation Buy-In: Changing Campus Culture
    • Initial Applicants: Start Here – A Map to ACCET Accreditation
    • Federal Regulatory Updates (Title IV): GE, Borrower Defense and New Audit Guide Regs
    • ACCET Standard III: Financial Capacity and Responsibility (for IEPS)
    • Community Service: Training Community Leaders
    • Topics of Interest from Commissioners’ Perspectives
  • PLUS:  Exhibit Hall with familiar and new vendors and Cocktail  Reception following Tuesday breakouts!
Conference App
  • Coming Soon
Conference CEU’s
  • Coming Soon
Exhibitor Registration
To register for the Conference as an exhibitor, please fill out the online form below. If you have any questions regarding conference registration, please email Anneka Swamy. For information about registering as an exhibitor, please refer here.

Event Date Location Register
ACCET 2017 Annual Conference November 6 – 8, 2017 Hyatt Regency San Antonio Riverwalk Register

Hotel Registration

Please click below to make your reservations, or if you need additional assistance, please call 1-888-421-1442.

Event Date Location Register
ACCET 2017 Annual Conference November 6 – 8, 2017 Hyatt Regency San Antonio Riverwalk Register

Attendee Registration

To register for the Conference as an attendee, please fill out the online form below. If you have any questions regarding conference registration, please email Anneka Swamy.

If registering multiple attendees for a single institution or organization, please register each attendee individually.

Event Date Location Register
ACCET 2017 Annual Conference November 6 – 8, 2017 Hyatt Regency San Antonio Riverwalk Register
If you prefer that we not list you as an attendee together with your email address, please email Christina D’Antoni no later than Oct. 1, 2017.
Team Evaluators Workshop

Why attend? Well, because team visits are fun. They are a chance to share great ideas with other great schools. A chance to give back to the peer review process that you have benefited from. A chance to make a difference for another school that will learn from you and you from them. A chance to make us all better for the benefit of students and their future employers. A chance for your school to be even better prepared for your next accreditation visit. How much fun will we have? Lots!

  • This is a full day simulated visit. Registrants will receive a team packet with resource materials.
  • Learn from the best! Charlie Matterson, Donna Hutchison, George Carter, Carol Buchanan, Scott Faulstick, and John Shaheen.
  • Participants will work in teams to interview school personnel, receive feedback, and prepare short write-ups of pertinent facts, strengths and weaknesses.
  • The day will end with a full ACCET style exit interview, including an in-depth theater style “Talk-back” with key staff and participants.

Kindly note that we have very limited space. Participants must be from ACCET accredited schools. If you have attended a Team Evaluator Workshop in the last two years, please allow us to use the slots for other schools. Thank you for understanding!

If you are planning to attend the Team Evaluators Workshop at the next conference, please register below. We have a cap of 30 participants.  Please no more than two registrants per institution.

Workshop Type Date Location Register
Team Evaluators Workshop November 5, 2017 Hyatt Regency San Antonio Riverwalk Register
 
Accreditation Workshop

ACCET offers Accreditation Workshops several times a year in order to educate our membership on the Standards of Accreditation and the Accreditation Process, from the Application to the On Site Visit to the Commission Decision. Attendance at a two-day Accreditation Workshop is mandatory for all institutions prior to submitting an ASER, except for avocational institutions seeking reaccreditation that must attend a one-day accreditation workshop. ACCET reserves the right to add, cancel or otherwise alter the scheduling of workshops when necessary; every reasonable attempt will be made to timely notify registrants and potential applicants to accommodate their rescheduling needs.

Workshop Type Date Location Register
Avocational Reaccred – One Day Nov 4, 2017 Hyatt Regency San Antonio Riverwalk Register
All Initials and Vocational Reaccred – Two Day Nov 4-5, 2017 Hyatt Regency San Antonio Riverwalk Register

*All Initial Applicants and institutions seeking reaccreditation are required to attend a two day workshop, including those offering only IEP programs (effective 2017).  Strictly avocational/professional development institutions (excluding IEPs) seeking reaccreditation may attend a one day workshop.