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Article V
Committees
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Section 5.1
Committees
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There shall be four Standing Committees within the Council: The
Accreditation Committee, the Appeals Committee, the Executive Committee, and the Nominating
Committee. The Council may identify ad hoc committees as necessary to carry out specific
functions.
- The Accreditation Committee
- The Accreditation Committee shall have at least ten (10) members, and shall consist of
all current Directors who are not serving on the Appeals Committee. The Accreditation
Committee is empowered to grant ACCGC accreditation following a careful review
and evaluation of self-study materials, site visitation summary reports, and responses
by the evaluated educational institution. ACCGC accreditation is granted to an
institution of higher learning (an "Institution") following an affirmative vote by the
majority (minimum of 6) of the Accreditation Committee.
- The committee has oversight and implementation responsibilities for the ACCGC
accreditation program. The Accreditation Committee will also recommend a renewal
and recertification policy to the Council. The Accreditation Committee will maintain
liaison with nationally recognized accrediting organizations.
- One education category Director will be elected by the Committee to serve as
Chairperson of the Committee. Directors elected to a three year term shall serve at
least the first two years of their term as members of the Accreditation Committee.
- The Chairperson of the Accreditation Committee shall appoint a three-person Site
Visitation Team for each Institution which applies for accreditation, subject to
confirmation by the Institution.
Each Site Visitation Team shall consist of two (2) education representatives from
baccalaureate degree granting educational institutions and one (1) industry
representative. At least two (2) of the Site Visitation Team members must be members
of the Accreditation Committee. One of the education representatives shall be
designated Team Leader by the Chairperson of the Accreditation Committee.
- The Appeals Committee
- The Appeals Committee responds to appeals from Institutions denied ACCGC full
accreditation by the Accreditation Committee. The Appeals Committee votes to uphold
or reverse the decision of the Accreditation Committee. A minimum of four (4)
affirmative votes by Appeals Committee members is necessary to reverse decisions of
the Accreditation Committee. The decision of the Appeals Committee is final.
- The Appeals Committee shall consist of six (6) current or past Council Directors. The
Appeals Committee Chairperson shall be the ACCGC President, Vice-President, or the
Council President's designee. Members of the Appeals Committee shall have had prior
service on the Accreditation Committee, and shall be appointed by the President of the
Council, with approval of the Executive Committee. No Appeals Committee Member
shall serve on an appeal for an institution for which such member served as a member
of the Site Visitation Team.
- Executive Committee
- The Executive Committee formulates and proposes policy to the Council for approval,
translates into action the directives issued by the Council, and guides the activities of a
Managing Director.
- The Executive Committee is a five (5) member committee comprised of the Council
President, Council Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Chairperson of the
Accreditation Committee. The President of the Board of Directors shall chair the
Executive Committee.
- Nominating Committee
The President of the ACCGC Board of Directors shall appoint a
Nominating Committee of three Directors, one of whom will be appointed Committee
Chairperson. Nominating Committee members shall normally be selected from out-going
Directors.
- Ad hoc Committees
The Council may identify ad hoc committees as necessary to carry
out specific functions. The Chairperson of the Executive Committee (the President) may
form ad hoc committees, directly or with request from another member of the Executive
Committee, and appoint ad hoc committee members and chairpersons, with approval by the
Executive Committee. Ad hoc committee chairpersons will be Council Directors, but
membership of these committees may consist of individuals other than the Council's Board
of Directors.
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Section 5.2
Removal of Officers
or Committee Members
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Should it be necessary to remove an
Officer or Committee member, the Council may do so by a two-thirds vote of its entire Board of
Directors.
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Section 5.3
Committee Tenure
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The term for members of the Accreditation Committee shall be two
(2) years; terms for members of the Appeals Committee, Nominating Committee, and Executive
Committee shall be one (1) year. A Director may not serve simultaneously on the Accreditation
Committee and Appeals Committee.
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Section 5.4
Meetings
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Each Committee shall be required to meet during the same week as each Annual
Board Meeting. Additional meetings as deemed necessary shall be called by the Committee
Chairperson.
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Section 5.5
Limitation on Power
of Committees
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The Accreditation Committee, Appeals Committee,
Nominating Committee, and any ad hoc committees shall have no power or authority to contract
for expenditures or to make disbursements on behalf of the Council unless such power is
specifically authorized by the Executive Committee, and shall be subject in all their actions to the
authorization and approval of the Executive Committee.
No such committee shall have any power or authority as to the following:
- the filling of vacancies in the Board of Directors;
- adopt, amend or repeal of the Bylaws;
- the amend or repeal of any resolution of the Board; or
- act on matters committed by the Bylaws or a resolution of the Board to another Committee of the Board.
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