To Help you Assess if AVMA-COE is Applying Their Standards Uniformly:

• Veterinary School Accreditation Standards 

Links to Assist in Sending Comments to NACIQI:

• Veterinary Colleagues calling for input on accreditation (this site is easy to navigate and makes sending comments to NACIQI simple)
• Instructions for submitting your personal written or oral comments to NACIQI
• NACIQI website (information on purpose and importance of NACIQI and committee background)

Informative Links to Consider:

• NY State Veterinary Medical Society Resolution and Position - this site also provides a simple mechanism for submitting comments to NACIQI
• AVMA/AAVMC email interaction with Dr. Robert Marshak (ex-dean of University of Pennsylvania)(.pdf file)
• Under the Microscope: The Council on Education - A Conversation about Current Controversies (Webinar by Dr. Robert Marshak)
• Act now: Voice your opinion on veterinary accreditation. Deadline September 22. (letter from Dr. Paul Pion)
  
• Response to Paul Pion's September 15 letter by AVMA CEO Ron DeHaven

VIN News Articles on Accreditation Issue:

• 'Call to action' sounded in long battle over veterinary accreditation (7/21/2014)
  
• Bid to end foreign veterinary accreditation dies at AVMA meeting (1/16/2014)
• Overseas opinion dulls repute of AVMA accreditation as ‘gold standard’ (9/16/2013)
• AVMA leaders mull organization's future in international accreditation (6/4/2013)
• Government orders veterinary-school accreditor to correct problems (12/14/2012)
• AVMA task force to review merits of foreign accreditation (7/20/2011)
  
• Resolutions ask AVMA to explore foreign accreditation, globalization efforts (5/20/2011)
  
• Texas veterinarians mull reviving bid to examine AVMA’s role in global accreditation (8/19/2010)
  
• Veterinarians question AVMA's role in international accreditation (7/13/2010)
  

JAVMA Articles on Accreditation Issue:

• Proposal would cease accreditation of foreign schools
• HOD again rejects measures to stop foreign accreditation
• Antitrust caution clashes with workforce concerns
• AVMA Workforce Report Confirms Excess Capacity in U.S. Veterinary Profession