Changes in ownership, legal status, or form of control require reporting to the ACEN.

Examples include:

• a change from limited partnership to corporation
• a change from a not-for-profit corporation to a for-profit corporation
• a change from a private to a public
• the sale or transfer to a new owner of all, or a majority portion, of the governing organization’s assets
• the combination or transfer of the assets of at least two distinct governing organizations to create a newly-formed governing organization (merger)

Template for Reporting: Ownership/Legal Status/Control (.docx)

Changes to the established mission or objectives refer to significant changes that alter the purpose or scope of the governing organization. This does not include a revision/update in the governing organization’s written mission statement.

Examples include:

• changing from a vocational school to a college
• changing from a hospital-based school to a college
• changing from a college to a university
• changing from an on-ground institution to an online only institution
• changing from a local community college to serving students located across the globe
• changing from an associate degree granting college [with a few baccalaureate degrees] to an institution granting graduate degrees)

Template for Reporting: Mission/Objectives (.docx)

The nurse with responsibility and authority for the administrative and instructional activities of a nursing education unit and nursing programs within the governing organization (e.g., dean, chairperson, director, etc.). The ACEN does not consider the nurse administrator a faculty member, regardless of the teaching responsibilities or classification by the governing organization.

A change in Nurse Administrator₁ must be reported to the ACEN no later than one (1) month after the permanent or interim nurse administrator assumes duties/responsibilities.

Template for Reporting: Nurse Administrator Change (.docx)

Changes in organizational structure are reported if there is a significant change in the organizational structure of the nursing education unit that would place a nursing program in non-compliance with ACEN Standards and Criteria.

Examples include:

• The nurse administrator no longer has the authority to administer the program budget.
• The nurse administrator now oversees several programs and may no longer have sufficient time or resources to fulfill the role responsibilities.

Template for Reporting: Organizational Structure (.docx)

The governing organization’s most recently published Financial Responsibility Composite Score being 1.0 or less

Note: Only applies to governing organizations that are proprietary or private nonprofit.

Template for Reporting: Composite Score (.docx)