Accreditation Status
The Master of Science
(M.S.) education program in speech-language pathology (residential) at Gannon
University – Erie Campus is a Candidate for Accreditation by the Council on
Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA) of the
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2200 Research Boulevard, #310,
Rockville, MD 20850, 800-498-2071 or 301-296-5700. Candidacy is a
“preaccreditation” status with the CAA, awarded to developing or emerging
programs for a maximum period of 5 years.
A complaint about the
Speech-Language Pathology Program at Gannon University, Ruskin may be submitted
by any student, instructional staff member, speech-language pathologist,
audiologist, and/or member of the public. The complaint procedure is detailed
in the CAA
Accreditation Handbook (Chapter XIII).
Criteria for complaints and submission requirements can be found at https://caa.asha.org/programs/complaints/.
One of the submission
requirements for a complaint is that the complainant follows all institutional
grievance and review policies before filing a complaint to the CAA. Every
possible attempt is made to resolve complaints and grievances within the
Speech-Language Pathology program using the grievance procedures listed in the
Gannon University Institutional Policy Manual (IPM) and Student Handbook.