Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation

10/19/2026

At our Fall CAEPCon, we announced the 2026 Murray Award winners. We awarded the Frank Murray Leadership Recognition for Continuous Improvement to 31 education preparation programs that achieved accreditation with no stipulations or areas for improvement by demonstrating strong evidence and data trends.

Among the 31 schools and programs that received this recognition were North Greenville University, Northeastern State University, Northern Kentucky University .

Please help us congratulate them on this well-earned award!

10/15/2026

CAEP is completing its move from AIMS 1.5 to AIMS 2.0. AIMS 1.5 will be permanently shut down on Tuesday, December 15, 2026. After that date, you will no longer be able to log in to AIMS 1.5 or reach any content stored there. Nothing will be due in AIMS 1.5 after December 15. All submissions and review work after that date will take place in AIMS 2.0.

If you need help downloading files or getting into AIMS 2.0, please contact CAEP Tech Support at [email protected] or email [email protected].

⚠️Please send all support requests by November 15, 2026, so we have time to help everyone before the shutdown.

10/14/2026

At our Fall CAEPCon, we announced the 2026 Murray Award winners. We awarded the Frank Murray Leadership Recognition for Continuous Improvement to 31 education preparation programs that achieved accreditation with no stipulations or areas for improvement by demonstrating strong evidence and data trends.

Among the 31 schools and programs that received this recognition were Marshall University, MidAmerica Nazarene University, Midwestern State University.

Please help us congratulate them on this well-earned award!

10/13/2026

Bethel College, North Newton, KS is one of 31 providers that were recognized with the Murray Recognition at the Fall 2026 CAEPCon. Lisa Janzen and Allen Jantz say that the size and location of Bethel College creates important opportunities. As a small college, they know their students well and are familiar with their backgrounds, which helps as they place their students for clinical experiences.

Check out their full interview here:

Bethel College is one of 31 providers that were recognized with the...

10/09/2026

Last week, McDaniel College in Maryland honored Francis “Skip” Fennell, member of the CAEP Board of Directors and Treasurer. McDaniel College hosted a ceremony celebration completing the renovation of Merritt Hall, which houses the college’s Education and Psychology departments. As part of the renovation and education lab in Merritt Hall was named in honor of Fennell.

You can read more about it here: https://www.mcdaniel.edu/news/ceremony-celebrates-completion-merritt-hall-renovation

10/07/2026

At our Fall CAEPCon, we announced the 2026 Murray Award winners. We awarded the Frank Murray Leadership Recognition for Continuous Improvement to 31 education preparation programs that achieved accreditation with no stipulations or areas for improvement by demonstrating strong evidence and data trends.

Among the 31 schools and programs that received this recognition were James Madison University, Longwood University, and Louisiana Tech University.

Please help us congratulate them on this well-earned award!

10/07/2026

At our Fall CAEPCon, we announced the 2026 Murray Award winners. We awarded the Frank Murray Leadership Recognition for Continuous Improvement to 31 education preparation programs that achieved accreditation with no stipulations or areas for improvement by demonstrating strong evidence and data trends.

Among the 31 schools and programs that received this recognition were Fairmont State University , Hiram College, Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Metropolitan Campus

Please help us congratulate them on this well-earned award!

10/05/2026

Ball State University iversity in Indiana is one of 31 providers that were recognized with the Murray Recognition at the Fall 2026 CAEPCon. Shawn Sriver says Ball State takes the feedback they receive during reviews very seriously and takes that feedback into consideration when they are looking at making improvements. Check out the rest of the video below!

Ball State University in Indiana is one of 31 providers that were r...

09/30/2026

At our Fall CAEPCon, we announced the 2026 Murray Award winners. We awarded the Frank Murray Leadership Recognition for Continuous Improvement to 31 education preparation programs that achieved accreditation with no stipulations or areas for improvement by demonstrating strong evidence and data trends.

Among the 31 schools and programs that received this recognition were the Black Hills State University , Carson-Newman University, and Drew University.

Please help us congratulate them on this well-earned award!

09/25/2026

In addition to our Murray Award winners, we also announced the 2026 Shelly Boardman, and Emerson J. Elliott Award winners.

The Shelly M. Boardman Award for Exceptional Service was presented to Ana Maria Schuhmann for her service to educator preparation. The award pays tribute to the late Shelly M. Boardman, former Director of Training and Volunteer Management.

Drew University was awarded the Emerson J. Elliott Award for Excellence in Educator Preparation Continuous Improvement. Emerson J. Elliott was the first commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics.

You can read more in our press release here: https://caepnet.org/31-educator-prep-providers-and-1-outstanding-volunteer-recognized-at-the-2026-caepcon-for-their-outstanding-contributions-to-education/