Academic
quality through Accreditation
Accreditation is a voluntary,
non-governmental peer review process by the higher
education
community. Accreditation aims to assure academic quality and
accountability, and to encourage improvement.
The Council
for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) is a national advocate and
institutional voice for self-regulation of academic quality through
accreditation. CHEA is
an association of 3,000 degree-granting
colleges and universities and recognizes
numerous institutional
and programmatic accrediting organizations. The following is a
list of both Regional and National Accrediting
Organizations:
Regional Accrediting
Organizations
Middle States Association of
Colleges and Schools
Middle States Commission on Higher
Education
New England Association of Schools and Colleges
Commission
on Institutions of Higher Education
New England Association of Schools
and Colleges
Commission on Technical and Career Institutions
North
Central Association of Colleges and Schools
The Higher Learning
Commission
Northwest Commission on Colleges and
Universities
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Commission
on Colleges
Western Association of Schools and Colleges
Accrediting
Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
Western Association of
Schools and Colleges
Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and
Universities
National Accrediting
Organizations
Accrediting Bureau of Health
Education Schools
Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
of Technology
Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and
Training Council
Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and
Training
Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and
Schools
Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools
Accreditation Commission
Association of Theological Schools in the
United States and Canada Commission on Accrediting
Association for
Biblical Higher Education Commission on Accreditation
Council on
Occupational Education
National Accrediting Commission of Cosmetology
Arts and Sciences, Inc
Transnational Association of Christian Colleges
and Schools Accreditation Commission
