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Welcome

The Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC) accredits first professional respiratory care degree programs at the Associate, Baccalaureate, and Masters Degree level in the United States and internationally. The CoARC also accredits professional respiratory care degree programs offering certificates in polysomnography. CoARC’s mission is to serve the public by promoting high quality respiratory care education through accreditation services.

 

Accreditation is a status that provides assurance to prospective students, their families and the general public that an institution (or a program) meets minimum requirements (i.e., Accreditation Standards) and that there are reasonable grounds to believe the institution (or program) will continue to meet those standards in the future.

 

Programs that have successfully undergone the review process are granted accreditation status by CoARC, which provides public recognition of achievement. The CoARC Board has final decision-making authority for all accreditation actions.... Read more

 To learn more about CoARC's
 accreditation process, click here.

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News and Announcements

 Welcome to our redesigned web site!  The
 redesigned web site provides easier access to
 accreditation information specific for educators,
 students, and the public. We encourage you to
 visit our website often for the most up-to-date
 accreditation information.

 
 
For all the latest CoARC news and important  announcements, click here.

 

 

 Interpretive Guidelines (Revised 3/24/2012) are also available to provide programs with specific information to facilitate the self-study review and on-site process and to assist programs in demonstrating their compliance with the Standards....Read more 

 

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Please note, in particular, the revisions to the Interpretive Guideline for Standard 3.11 regarding inter-rater reliability.

  

CHEA Eligibility Statement

At its meeting on September 19-20, 2011, the CHEA Board of Directors reviewed the recommendation of the CHEA Committee on Recognition regarding the eligibility application submitted by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC).  The board of directors determined that CoARC is eligible to undertake a recognition review.  CoARC will complete a self-evaluation providing evidence that it meets the CHEA recognition standards....Read more 

 

 

 Frequently-Asked-Questions (FAQ)

   - Letter of Review to Provisional 
  CoARC has approved replacing the accreditation

  status "Letter of Review" with "Provisional

  Accreditation".  These changes will take effect

  on March 24, 2012......Read more

  

 

 

2011 Report on Accreditation

 

This is the first edition of this report.  It provides critical data in the following three areas:

  • Descriptive statistics of CoARC programs as of December 31, 2011;
  • Accreditation actions taken in 2011; and
  • Aggregated statistics of graduate, enrollment, and outcomes data.

 

 

 

CoARC Webinars are Here!



In an effort to develop and maintain an effective oritentation, training, and professional development program for key program personnel, CoARC has established a webinar training series....
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