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Tom,<br>
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Thank you and the original committee for laying the groundwork in all
this! It has been a long road but we will keep plugging away.<br>
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Don<br>
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Re: [CAUT] NASM Standards</td>
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<div>Don McKechnie, and colleagues -</div>
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<div>NASM and other accrediting agencies seem to perform a function
in being the 'conservative' force in academia. Their accreditation
process assures that the various schools adhere to more or less defined
standards. CAUT is certainly on the right track in seeking some input
into those standards. However, the very conservatism of the
accreditation process makes it difficult to inject anything new. I
suppose that's OK in the long run. And CAUT is definitely in it for
the long run! The first steps in that direction were about 25 years
ago. Indeed, increasing our presence in CSM is sure to bear fruit in
NASM sooner or later. Thank you, Don, and CAUT Committee for carrying
that torch!
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<div><font family="SANSSERIF" ptsize="10" face="Arial" lang="0"
size="2">~ Tom McNeil ~<br>
Vermont Piano Restorations<br>
(Adamant Music School, Norwich University, Goddard College, Vermont
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