Standards
CIDA Professional Standards 2028 Project
2024
CIDA publishes Future Scan 2024 report
CIDA Board convenes leadership summit to forecast implications of Future Scan 2024
CIDA launches Strandards Structure Task Force to gather information and assess the efficacy of CIDA’s Professional Standards Structure, including but not limited to elements such as degree of detail, content organization, methodology used to evaluate achievement, etc. Task Force submits final report with recommendations in December 2024
2025
CIDA convenes a series of community sessions to continue forecasting implications of future scanning
CIDA Standards Committee begins drafting structural framework revisions based on recommendations from the 2024 Standards Structure Task Force
2026
CIDA Standards Committee conducts a gap assessment and integrates subject matter revisions from 2024-2025 forecasting work
CIDA Standards Committee field tests propsoed structural changes at two stages of standards development, one earlier in the process and one during the public review and comment period
CIDA circulates Draft Professional Standards 2028 for public review and comment from Sep 15 - Oct 15
CIDA conducts a series of stakeholder sessions to gather feedback about Draft Professional Standards 2028
CIDA Standards Committee considers community feedback and refines Professional Standards 2028 before circulating final draft for internal review adn comment with CIDA Board of Directors and Accreditation Commission
CIDA Standards Committee makes final revisions and submits final Draft Professional Standards 2028 to the Board of Driectors for adoption (Nov 30)
2027
January 15, CIDA publishes Professional Standards 2028 with an implementation date of January 1, 2028
CIDA hosts a series of virtual workshops to provide interior design programs with support for implementing Professional Standards 2028 (workshops, guidance, report templates)
CIDA trains program reviewers to conduct site visits under Professional Standards 2028
2028
Professional Standards 2028 are implemented on January 1, effective for spring 2028 program reviews
CIDA Standards Development
Quality standards for interior design education offer significant value to the interior design community and the public at large. Standards must be relevant, valid, and reliable in order to serve the purpose of ensuring that interior design graduates are well prepared for entry-level practice. Community involvement is the cornerstone of the standards development process. Practitioners and educators are the primary stakeholders engaged in dialogue leading to strengthened accreditation standards.
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2024
Professional Standards 2024
Press Release: CIDA Announces Professional Standards 2024
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Click here to download the Standards Essay 2024
2023
Call for comment: proposed revisions
Press Release: CIDA calls for community comment on DRAFT Professional Standards 2024
Click here to download the Proposed Revisions Professional Standards 2024
Click here to download the Draft Elaborative Essay that accompanies these changes
2021
Call for comment: proposed revisions
Press Release: CIDA calls for community comment on revisions to Professional Standards 2020
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2020
Professional Standards 2020
Press Release: CIDA Announces Professional Standards 2020
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2019
Call for comment: proposed revisions
Press Release: CIDA calls for community comment on revisions to Professional Standards 2018
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2019 Summit Report
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2018
2018 Future scan
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2018 summit report
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Professional Standards 2018
Press Release: CIDA Announces Professional Standards 2018
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2017
Proposed Revisions Professional StandardS
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2017 Future Scan
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2017 Summit Report
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2016
2016 Future Scan
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2013-2015
The 2013-2015 Standards Development Project was undertaken to create the next generation of accreditation standards. The resulting Standards were implemented in 2017.
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2014
2014 Future Scan
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2014 environment Scan survey
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2014 environment Scan survey
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