Accreditation Information
The Master of Arts (M.A.) education program in speech-language pathology (residential) at Temple University is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2200 Research Boulevard, #310, Rockville, MD 20850, 800-498-2071 or 301-296-5700.
Any concerns specific to the program's accreditation status should first be addressed to the program and Temple University and then to the CAA. The CAA’s Accreditation Action Report is available in its entirety.
Accreditation by the Council on Academic Accreditation of ASHA has been maintained without interruption since 1970. This program also has been approved in Speech-Language-Hearing by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
Complaint Procedures
A complaint about the program may be submitted by any student, instructional staff member, speech-language pathologist, audiologist and/or member of the public to the CAA through the contact information listed above. Review complaint procedures from the CAA.
For a complaint to be considered by the CAA, it must
- (a) be against an accredited education program or program in Candidacy status in speech-language pathology and/or audiology;
- (b) relate to the Standards for Accreditation of Graduate Education Programs in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, and specify where possible the relevant standards; and
- (c) include verification and documentation (e.g. copies of grievance processes, communications verifying completion of processes, etc.) if the complaint is from a student or faculty/instructional staff member at that institution that the complainant exhausted all relevant institutional grievance and review mechanisms before submitting a complaint to the CAA, if relevant to the complaint.
