Conflict of Interest

There must be no conflict of interest or appearance of a conflict of interest with the institution under review.  There is a conflict of interest when the potential peer reviewer/consultant:

(1) is a present or former employee, student, member of the governing board, owner or shareholder of, or consultant to the institution that is seeking institutional accreditation from the Board of Regents;

 

(2) is a spouse, parent, child, or sibling of an individual or persons listed in (1) above;

 

(3) has expressed an opinion for or against the proposed accreditation;

 

(4) is seeking or being sought for employment or other relationship with the institution under review;

 

(5) has a personal or professional relationship with the institution under review that might compromise objectivity; and/or

 

(6) has a competitive relationship with the institution that might compromise objectivity.

 

Confidential Information

The report is confidential until it is final.  You may not disclose the report or any part of the report until the Regents have acted on the institution's application.  Confidential information obtained during the course of the review may not be used for personal gain.  Reviewers' memoranda, notes and other work products generated during the course of the review are the property of the State Education Department and may never be disclosed.

Gifts

Gifts or gratuities of more than a nominal value may not be accepted from the institution where doing so might raise an inference that the gift was intended either to influence the team or reviewer in the performance of the accreditation review.