MACS Insights
The complete archive of MACS guidance on ARC-PA accreditation, assessment systems, and PA program leadership. Prefer a guided path? Browse by pillar on the Insights hub.
Scott Massey, PhD, PA-CA credit-hour model built for lecture courses cannot see most of what PA faculty do. Scott Massey's hour-equivalent workload framework, and how it becomes evidence under Standard C1.02.
Scott Massey, PhD, PA-CNo ARC-PA standard is labeled succession planning, yet the Sixth Edition expects one. Which A and E standards carry the requirement, the business-day clocks a vacancy starts, and what separates a written plan from an operational one.
Medea Valdez, DHEd, MPAS, PA-CWhen a PA program needs an accreditation consultant, how much lead time the work really takes, what belongs in the agreement, and the ownership line a program cannot delegate.