359:(NASM) in 1924 and, in 1928, became a charter member when memberships were first bestowed. NASM accreditation reviews occur on a 10-year cycle. The old conservatory, while in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in 1988 under Dean E. Harvey Jewell, DMA, renewed its NASM accreditation for its existing programs leading to associate degrees, all the way through doctorates. Robert Thayer, PhD—then the dean of the college of musical arts at
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Indiana entity was created on August 20, 1998, as a non-profit corporation under the name American Conservatory of Music, Inc. (former name was Hattstaedt Foundation of Music Incorporated), then located at 4117 Wabash Avenue, Hammond, Indiana—now located at 252 Wildwood Road in Hammond.
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defines specific standards required to teach at a K-12 public school in
Illinois. Qualified Bachelor of Music Education (BME) degrees must meet those standards to be accredited by the State. At the time of liquidation in 1991, the BME program at the Conservatory was accredited by the State.
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