Accreditation
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MIDDLE STATES COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION
The accreditation and preaccreditation ("Candidacy status") of institutions of higher education in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, including distance and correspondence education programs offered at those institutions.
Elizabeth H. Sibolski, President
- Address : 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
- Phone : (267) 284-5000
- Fax : (215) 662-5950
- E-mail Address : info@msche.org
- Web Address : www.msche.org
NEW ENGLAND ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
COMMISSION ON INSTITIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
The accreditation and pre-accreditation ("Candidacy status") of institutions of higher education in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont that award bachelors, masters, and/or doctoral degrees and associate degree-granting institutions in those states that include degrees in liberal arts or general studies among their offerings, including the accreditation of programs offered via distance education within these institutions.
Barbara E. Brittingham, President
- Address : Barbara E. Brittingham, President, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803-4514
- Phone : (781) 425-7700
- Fax : (781) 425-1001
- E-mail Address : brittingham@neasc.org
- Web Address : www.neasc.org
NORTH CENTRAL ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS
THE HIGHER LEARNING COMMISSION
The accreditation and preaccreditation ("Candidate for Accreditation") of degree-granting institutions of higher education in Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, including the tribal institutions and the accreditation of programs offered via distance education and correspondence education within these institutions. This recognition extends to the Institutional Actions Council jointly with the Board of Trustees of the Commission for decisions on cases for continued accreditation or reaffirmation, and continued candidacy, and to the Appeals Body jointly with the Board of Trustees of the Commission for decisions related to initial candidacy or accreditation or reaffirmation of accreditation.
Barbara E. Brittingham, President
- Address : 230 South LaSalle Street, Suite 7-500, Chicago, Illinois 60604-1413
- Phone : (312) 263-0456, (800) 621-7440
- Fax : (312) 263-7462
- E-mail Address : bgdanley@hlcommission.org
- Web Address : www.hlcommission.org
NORTHWEST COMMISSION ON COLLEGES AND UN VERSITIES
The accreditation and pre-accreditation (Candidacy status) of postsecondary degree-granting educational institutions in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington, and the accreditation of programs offered via distance education within these institutions.
Sandra E. Elman, President
- Address : 8060 165th Avenue, NE, Suite 100, edmond, Washington 98052
- Phone : (425) 558-4224
- Fax : (425) 376-0596
- E-mail Address : selman@nwccu.org
- Web Address : www.nwccu.org
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS
COMMISSION ON COLLEGES
The accreditation and preaccreditation (Candidate for Accreditation) of degree-granting institutions of higher education in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, including the accreditation of programs offered via distance and correspondence education within these institutions. This recognition extends to the SACSCOC Board of Trustees and the Appeals Committee of the College Delegate Assembly on cases of initial candidacy or initial accreditation and for continued accreditation or candidacy.
Belle S. Wheelan, President
- Address : 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097
- Phone : (404) 679-4512
- Fax : (404) 994-6592
- E-mail Address : bwheelan@sacscoc.org
- Web Address : www.sacscoc.org
WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
SENIOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITY COMMISSION
The accreditation and preaccreditation ("Candidate for Accreditation") of senior colleges and universities in California, Hawaii, the United States territories of Guam and American Samoa, the Republic of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, including distance education programs offered at those institutions.
Mary Ellen Petrisko, President
- Address : 985 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 100, Alameda, California 94501
- Phone : (510) 748-9001
- Fax : (510) 748-9797
- E-mail Address : wasc@wascsenior.org
- Web Address : www.wascsenior.org
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
ACCREDITING COMMISSION FOR COMMUNITY AND JUNIOR COLLEGES
The accreditation and preaccreditation ("Candidate for Accreditation") of community and other colleges with a primarily pre-baccalaureate mission located in California, Hawaii, the United States territories of Guam and American Samoa, the Republic of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, which offer certificates, associate degrees, and the first baccalaureate degree by means of a substantive change review offered by institutions that are already accredited by the agency, and such programs offered via distance education and correspondence education at these colleges. This recognition also extends to the Committee on Substantive Change of the Commission, for decisions on substantive changes, and the Appeals Panel.
Barbara A. Beno, President
- Address : 10 Commercial Boulevard, Suite 204, Novato, California 94949
- Phone : (415) 506-0234
- Fax : (415) 506-0238
- E-mail Address : accjc@accjc.org
- Web Address : www.accjc.org
