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Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation COCA Meetings

COCA Meetings

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Upcoming and past COCA meetings

COCA reviews site visit reports, change requests and other items pertaining to the accreditation of osteopathic medical schools.

The Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as the accreditor of colleges of osteopathic medicine. COCA members meet periodically to review site visit reports, change requests and other items pertaining to the accreditation of osteopathic medical schools.

The next meeting of the COCA will take place Dec. 5-6, 2024. The non-voting agenda for open session is now available. The open session portion of the meeting will be open to the public and broadcast in a livestream webinar format via Zoom. Executive sessions are closed to the public.

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The following site visits and reports are coming before the COCA at its Dec. 2024 meeting:

  • Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine – Comprehensive site visit
  • Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine – Initial comprehensive site visit
  • Rocky Visita University – Montana College of Osteopathic Medicine – Progress report: Year 1 branch campus focused site visit
  • Des Moines University College of Osteopathic University – Progress reports: Year 1 planned class size increase focused site visit
  • Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine – Progress report: Comprehensive site visit
  • Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine – Change in accreditation status
  • Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine – Progress report: Comprehensive site visit
  • Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine – Change in accreditation status
  • Lincoln Memorial DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine – Part III additional location site visit
  • University of Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine – Mid-cycle report focused site visit
  • Illinois College of Osteopathic Medicine – Pre-accreditation status application
  • D’Youville College of Osteopathic Medicine – Pre-accreditation status application

Any third party comments must be submitted to [email protected] by Nov. 5, 2024. View instructions on how to provide third party comments.


Future Meetings

Upcoming 2025 meeting dates

  • April 3-4, 2025
  • June 20, 2025
  • Aug. 28-29, 2025
  • Dec. 4-5, 2025

Past meetings

Previous 2024 meeting dates

  • Aug. 29-30, 2024
  • June 21, 2024
  • April 11-12, 2024

Final actions

View all final actions taken by the commission at past meetings dating back to 2011.

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