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v. t. e. Higher education accreditation in the United States is a peer review process by which the validity of degrees and credits awarded by higher education institutions is assured. It is coordinated by accreditation commissions made up of member institutions. It was first undertaken in the late 19th century by cooperating educational ...
Accreditation is the independent, third-party evaluation of a conformity assessment body (such as certification body, inspection body or laboratory) against recognised standards, conveying formal demonstration of its impartiality and competence to carry out specific conformity assessment tasks (such as certification, inspection and testing). [1]
AQAS – Agency for Quality Assurance by Accreditation of Study Programs. AQ Austria – Agency for Quality Assurance and Accreditation Austria. ASIIN – Accreditation Agency for Degree Programs in Engineering, Informatics/Computer Science, the Natural Sciences and Mathematics. evalag – Evaluation Agency Baden-Württemberg.
Below is a list of schools that offer virtual or online education programs and are accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the US Department of Education. The Distance Education Accrediting Commission is the primary accrediting body that recognizes online schools, but not all schools on this list are accredited by that agency.
Higher education accreditation is a type of quality assurance process under which services and operations of post-secondary educational institutions or programs are evaluated to determine if applicable standards are met. If standards are met, accredited status is granted by the agency. In most countries around the world, the function of ...
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools ( SACS) is an American educational accreditor recognized by the United States Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. This agency accredits over 13,000 public and private educational institutions ranging from preschool to college level in the Southern United ...
2010. [9] American Business and Technology University. St. Joseph, MO. Private for-profit. 2001. 2006. [10] [11] American College of Healthcare Sciences.
The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) is a United States organization of degree-granting colleges and universities.It identifies its purpose as providing national advocacy for academic quality through accreditation in order to certify the quality of higher education accrediting organizations, including regional, faith-based, private, career, and programmatic accrediting ...