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p; I ran what I wrote past my chair, who is active with NASM (ser=
ves on accreditation teams). Here is his response, which I expect is more or=
less what we will hear back from NASM:<BR>
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I</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'><FONT FACE="Monaco, Courier N=
ew"> think the language is great but it is unlikely to pass because of the <=
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many smaller schools who simply won't have the budget to handle this. On <B=
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the other hand, accreditation criteria like this are needed to get <BR>
appropriate funding. I think it's a good thing to forward.<BR>
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Regards,<BR>
Fred Sturm<BR>
University of New Mexico<BR>
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