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- Official Notice: Accreditation Audit and Affirmation Statement (6/3/25)
- NAST Handbook 2025-26 Published (5/22/25)
- Transcendence and Contextual Change: Reflections on the Executive Order Released April 23, 2025 (5/20/25)
- Report of the NAST Commission on Accreditation (2025) (4/30/25)
- NAST 2025 Annual Meeting Papers Now Available (4/24/25)
- 2025 Election, Appointments, and Appreciation (4/23/25)
- Official Notice: Institutions Scheduled for Accreditation Visits Within Two Years (3/31/25)
- Official Notice: Deadline for Submission of Materials Due for the March Commission Meeting (3/31/25)
- Official Notice: Dues and Fees for 2025-26 (3/31/25)
- 2025 Annual Meeting Program (3/12/25)
- Updates to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Research Activity Designations (2/18/25)
- Official Notice: Proposed NAST Handbook Revisions – Final Voting Draft (2/14/25)
- Official Notice: Proposed NAST Handbook Revisions – Second Comment Period (2/11/25)
- Official Notice: NAST Policy on Postponements updated (2/6/25)
- Official Notice: Proposed NAST Handbook Revisions – First Comment Period (1/7/25)
- Official Notice: Dues Invoices (7/1/24)
- Official Notice: 2024-2025 Audit and Affirmation Statement (6/1/24)
- 2024 Election, Appointments, and Appreciation (5/22/24)
- Compendium: An Advisory by the Arts Accrediting Associations on Misrepresentation (5/6/24)
- Delay in the Release of NAST Procedures Documents (8/1/23)
- 2023 Election, Appointments, and Appreciation (4/4/23)
- Higher Education Arts Data Services (HEADS) Platform Redesign: An Overview and an Update (9/15/22)
- 2022 Election, Appointments, and Appreciation (4/29/22)
- In Memoriam: Don Drapeau (12/1/21)
- WHY? Good Questions to Ask at this Time (6/4/21)
- Federal Advisory: Announcement of Public Hearings Regarding Federal Initiatives (5/26/21)
- 2021 Election, Appointments, and Appreciation (4/26/21)
- Responsibilities, Considerations, and Initiatives (3/19/21)
- Federal Advisory/Notice: Upcoming Sessions and New Federal Guidance (9/15/20)
- Notice: New Web Resource (8/6/20)
- Informed Decision Making: Collecting, Considering, and Synthesizing Information (6/9/20)
- 2020 Election, Appointments, and Appreciation (6/2/20)
- Pressing Forward – Continuing Our Work During Uncertain Times (5/01/20)
- A Challenging Time – COVID-19 and Related Issues (3/17/20)
- Federal Advisory: Accreditation and Innovation Regulations (3/2/20)
- In Memoriam: R. Terrell Finney, Jr. (1/27/20)
- Federal Advisory: Department of Justice Activity and FUTURE Act (1/24/20)
- Federal Advisory: Recent Federal Activities of Note (10/9/19)
- 2019 Election, Appointments, Appreciation (4/23/19)
- 2018 Election, Appointments, Appreciation (4/16/18)
- 2017 Election, Appointments, Appreciation (4/12/17)
- In Memoriam: Paul Antonie (Tony) Distler (1/5/17)