Organization and Administration
Exhibit A: Provide evidence of how the students, faculty, and administrators had input into writing the SER, e.g., emails, memoranda, meeting minutes, etc.
Exhibit B: Provide evidence of notification of constituencies e.g., emails, URLs, ACNM publications, ACME website.
- Nursing Deans and Directors Notified-Email
Exhibit C: “Resides within” can be documented through evidence found in academic unit publications; “affiliated with” must be documented with a copy of the affiliation agreement. Provide a copy of the letter or certificate of current institutional accreditation.
Exhibit D: Provide documentation indicating support (e.g. meeting minutes, policies, and personal communications)
Exhibit E: Provide information that demonstrates that fiscal resources are adequate to meet program objectives. This may include financial statements, grant award statements, program budgets, and other financial records.
Exhibit F: Provide documentation indicating input into the budgetary process, e.g., meeting minutes, email, sample budget.
Exhibit G: Provide evidence of institutional support/policies for faculty scholarship and professional activities, e.g., support for professional travel, set-aside time in the workload calculations for scholarship and/or professional activities, sabbatical leaves.
Exhibit H: Provide evidence of institutional initiatives, policies, email communications, or strategic planning for implementing goals of promoting diversity and a climate of inclusivity.
Exhibit I: Identify references to the program in printed and online documents, e.g. catalogs, brochures/recruitment materials, or websites.
Exhibit J: Provide evidence such as letter of appointment, job description or a letter from the academic unit administrator detailing these requirements. Provide the program director’s current curriculum vitae (CV).
Exhibit K: Provide copies of any policies that document the authority of the midwifery program director. Provide concrete examples, if any, of changes made by the midwifery program director that were implemented.
Exhibit L: Identify specifically where the accreditation status is found. Provide the materials cited. Provide the URL where this information is publicized. Sample language of accreditation status: The (name of midwifery program) is (status of accreditation) by the Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education, 8403 Colesville Road, Suite 1550, Silver Spring, MD 20190, www.midwife.org/acme
Exhibit M: State the exact wording of the credential as it appears on the certificate or diploma. Provide evidence of the credential, such as a copy of a diploma/certificate or other document that clearly states the degree or certificate awarded. Provide evidence of legal authority to grant the credential/s. Provide the URL where this information is publicized.
Exhibit N: The midwifery program has academic policies, admission, continuation, and graduation requirements, and possible patterns of progression though the program. Identify specifically where the evidence for each item is found in printed and/or electronic documents. Provide the materials cited. Provide the URL where this information is publicized.
Exhibit O: The midwifery program provides to the public information about the midwifery program’s tuition and fees, including the relevant refund policy, and related costs, such as required texts and technology, and clinical site expenses. Identify specifically where the evidence is found in printed and/or electronic documents. Provide the materials cited. Provide the URL where this information is publicized.
Exhibit P: The midwifery program has a transfer of credit policy. Identify specifically where the evidence is found in printed and/or electronic documents. This policy must include the criteria by which the midwifery program determines whether to accept credits from another program or institution. Provide the materials cited. Provide the URL where this information is publicized.
Exhibit D.4: Provide evidence of completed scholarly and professional faculty products within the institution.
Exhibit E: Provide draft documents that reference the program, e.g. catalogs, brochures, or websites.
Exhibit E.1: Provide evidence such as letter of appointment, job description or a letter from the academic unit administrator detailing these requirements. Provide evidence of how the program director will meet these requirements.
Exhibit E.2.a: Pre-accreditation Status: Provide drafts of identified relevant printed or electronic documents marked where pertinent information will be inserted.
Exhibit E.2.b: Provide a draft of the proposed credential, such as a diploma/certificate or other document that clearly states the degree or certificate awarded.
Exhibit E.2.c: Academic policies-Provide drafts of the identified relevant printed and/or electronic documents marked where pertinent information will be found.
