Revised APA Resolution on Promoting Global Perspectives in U.S. Psychology 
Deadline to Submit Feedback: October 2, 2025

The Committee for Global Psychology (CGP) is pleased to share a revised draft of APA’s Resolution on Promoting Global Perspectives in U.S. Psychology for public comment. Originally authored by CGP and adopted by the APA Council of Representatives in 2017, the Resolution has been updated to reflect current science, modernize language, and strengthen alignment with APA’s mission and activities.

This revision aims to offer clearer guidance on integrating global perspectives across the diverse domains in which APA operates. CGP welcomes your review and encourages you to provide specific feedback to help refine the document further.

The draft revision is available for public comment through the APA Comment Portal for a 30-day period, ending on October 2, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.

APA Multicultural Guidelines (Pre-Revision) 
Deadline to Submit Feedback: October 1, 2025

The American Psychological Association (APA) invites public comment as it begins the initial phase of revising the Multicultural Guidelines: An Ecological Approach to Context, Identity, and Intersectionality (2017). This public comment period is designed to gather broad input on the current guidelines before any revisions are drafted.

We welcome feedback from psychologists, researchers, educators, students, practitioners, and other stakeholders across sectors and communities.

Purpose of this Public Comment
This feedback period will help inform the scope and direction of the forthcoming revision. Your insights will help identify strengths, gaps, areas in need of clarification, and emerging topics that should be considered.

You are invited to comment on:

• Aspects of the current Multicultural Guidelines that remain useful or relevant
• Areas where revisions are needed due to changes in psychological science, practice, or sociocultural contexts
• Emerging issues, frameworks, or populations that should be addressed
• Ideas for improving clarity, applicability, and impact across diverse settings
• Recommendations for increasing accessibility, implementation, and dissemination

How to Submit Your Comments

• Portal: commentinggov.apa.org 
• Email: PI@apa.org

All comments must be received by October 1, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern, to be considered.

Confidentiality
Comments may be referenced in a summary of themes used to guide the revision process but will not be attributed to individuals without permission. For more information, contact PI@apa.org.

Proposed Revisions to Implementing Regulations Section A.1
Deadline to Submit Feedback: November 8, 2025

The APA Board of Educational Affairs (BEA) invites public comment on proposed revisions to Section A.1 of the Commission on Accreditation (CoA) Implementing Regulations: Policies for Accreditation Governance, specifically Section 3: Structure of the Commission on Accreditation.

Implementing Regulation (IR) A.1 is a CoA policy that describes the functions and composition of the CoA. As stated in IR A.1, “it [the CoA] shall be appointed by and report to the Board of Educational Affairs [BEA].” Currently, the CoA is constrained in its capacity to review and accredit master’s programs due to (1) commissioner workload and (2) ensuring expertise for the master’s training level remains sustainable on the CoA.

There is no mechanism to add the necessary seats on the Commission in IR A.1 beyond the use of special appointments, which is a temporary solution. To address this, the CoA requested that the BEA revise IR A.1 to include CoA seats representing master’s education and training along with an additional public member to assure quality from a public perspective and to meet the requirements set by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and the Council of Higher Education Accreditors (CHEA).

Comments on the proposed revisions are welcome through November 8, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern.