Faculty Resources
CIDA provides a high level of support to currently accredited and programs seeking accreditation. Primary resources are CIDA Professional Standards and accreditation policy and procedures. CIDA staff provides assistance to programs and also holds an annual accreditation workshop in conjunction with the Interior Design Educator Council’s national conference each spring.
The additional resources below support sharing of information among programs to enrich the understanding of accreditation practices.
Case Study
The accreditation case study will assist programs in developing a timeline for seeking accreditation. The program and judgments of quality are fiction and used only for the purpose of illustration.
Workshop Presentations
The Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA) holds an annual workshop for faculty members and administrators from interior design programs interested in seeking initial accreditation and re-accreditation. For these workshops, CIDA invites faculty members that have recently organized successful accreditation reviews to give presentations on best practices in accreditation.
Use the links below to download recent presentations:
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2026
Self-Study as a Tool for Program Assessment and Continuous Improvement
Presented by Kelley Beaverford, University of Manitoba
Self-Study as a Tool for Program Assesment and Continuous Improvement
Presented by Natalia Worden, Design Institute of San Diego
Organizing a Successful Student Work Display
Presented by Travis Hicks and Lauren Matlosz, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Organizing a Successful Student Work Display
Presented by Daniel Newman, Drexel University
Program Summaries
Programs accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation reside in a rich and diverse range of contexts. Each program that undergoes an accreditation review provides basic information about the institution, program, faculty, and students to assist CIDA in understanding factors influencing the program. As a resource for programs, CIDA compiles this information into summaries.
Important things to know about the summaries:
Information is collected on a three-year cycle in conjunction with program self-study reports and progress reports. Thus, the summaries reflect a three-year timeframe.
Programs generally provide complete information to CIDA; however, some summary information does not include 100% participation of all programs.
While CIDA makes every effort to include accurate information, CIDA does not guarantee the accuracy of information that programs provide.
The currently posted summaries include information gathered from October 31, 2023 through June 1, 2026 . The summaries are updated twice a year.
Summary Reports: (.pdf)