DOCUMENT RESUME ED 067 049 HE 003 358 TITLE Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs including Institutions Holding Preaccredited Status as of January 15,1970. INSTITUTION Office of Education (DREW), Washington, D. C. Bureau of Higher Education. REPORT NO 0E-50066 PUB DATE 71 NOTE 146p. AVAILABLE FROM Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 ($1.25) EDRS PRICE MF-$0.65 HC-$6.58 DESCRIPTORS *Accreditation (Institutions); *Colleges; *Higher Education; *Professional Education; *Universities ABSTRACT This publication presents a listing of all accredited colleges and universities in the United States by state; all professional, technical, occupational, and specialized schools or departments accredited by nationally recognized agencies; and institutions or programs having preaccredited status with agencies recognized by the U.S. Commissioner of Education for the purpose of establishing satisfactory assurance of accreditation. Its purpose is to provide information to officers of postsecondary educational institutions and guidance counselors and students at the secondary and postsecondary level. (HS) FILMED FROM BEST AVAILABLECOPY L cp accredited 5(? postsgcondgry c/1 4ysi. and 4Yh-od a programs Arc. 3 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION & WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO DUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIG INATING IT POINTS OF VIEW OR OPIN IONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE OF EDU CATION POSITION OR POLICY The Role of VoluntaryAccreditation I in the United States One of the distinctive features of Americaneducation is that the development and maintenance of educational standardsare the responsibilities of non-governmental, voluntary accrediting associations. The U.S.Office of Education recognizes this invalu- able contribution which the voluntaryaccrediting associations have made to the develop- ment of educational quality in the Nation. It is the policy of the Office of Education generallyto support and encourage recog- nized voluntary accrediting associations in theirrespective activities, and to endorse their role as the primary agents in the developmentand maintenance of educational standards in the United States. awed postsqc s Inda programs Including Institutions Holding Preaccradited Status as of January 15, 1970 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE Elliot L. Richardson, Secretory Office of Education S. P. Mar land, Jr. Commissioner of Education Bureau of Higher Education Preston Vs lien, Acting Associate Commissioner * Superintendent of Documents Catalog Number HE 5.250: 50066 United States Government Printing Office Washington: 1971 For sak by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 Price $1.25 STOCK NUMBER 1780-0897 I Foreword This is thc first annual publication of a list of postsecondary institutions and programs which are accredited or preaccredited by thc regional and specialized agencies recognized by the U. S. Commissioner of Education. It replaces the quadrennial Accredited Higher Institutions, a compilation of higher education institutions accredited by nationally rccognized accrediting agencies and by State agencies responsible for approving institu- tions of higher education within the various States. The new publication differs from the earlier one in several respects. The coverage is broader, including accredited postsecondary specialized and vocational institutions as well as institutions of higher education. Also included are institutions that have attained a preaccredited status from those nationally recognized accrediting agencies with approved procedures for assigning such status. The publication does not include lists of institutions that are approved, recognized, classified, or licensed by State agencies authorized to perform these functions. It will be revised annually to record the changes that occur among accrediting agencies and the institutions and programs accredited or in a preac- credited status. Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs will provide information to offi- cers of postsecondary educational institutions and guidance counselors and students at the secondary and postsecondary level. Also it may be of intcrest to Federal and State agencies, as well as to non-governmental agencies and persons in the United States and abroad who are interested in education. The Office of Education is grateful to the officers of the regional and specialized accrediting agencies who supplied the information contained in this bulletin. John R. Proffitt Director Accreditation and Institutional Eligibility Staff Bureau of Higher Education iii Contents Page Foreword iii Introduction ix Part I Institutions Accredited by the Commissions on Higher Education of the Nationally Recognized Regional Associations I Part II Professional, Technical, Occupational, and Specialized Schools or Depart- ments Accredited by Nationally Recognized Agencies 25 Allied Health Education Medical Laboratory Technician Education 25 Medical Technology 25 Medical Record Librarianship 32 Medical Record Technology 33 Occupational Therapy 33 Physical Therapy 34 Radio logic Technology 35 Architecture 45 Art 46 Bible College Education 47 Business 48 Chemistry 54 Clinical Pastoral Education 58 Cosmetology 61 Dental Education Dental Assisting 64 Dental Hygiene 66 Dental Laboratory Technology 67 Dentistry 67 Engineering Education Professional Engineering 68 Engineering Technology 73 Forestry 75 Home Study Education 76 v II 6 Journalism 77 Law 78 Librarianship 80 Medical Education Mcdicine 81 Basic Medical Sciences 82 Music 83 Nurse Education Anesthesia 86 Practical Nursing 138 Profcsaional Nursing 89 Optometry 97 Osteopathic Medicine 97 Pharmacy 97 Podiatry 98 Public Health 99 Social Work 99 Speech Pathology and Audiology 100 Teacher Education 101 Theology 105 Trade and Technical Education 107 Veterinary Medicine 110 Part III Institutions or Programs Having Preaccredited Status with Agencies Recognised by the U.S. Commissioner of Education for the Purpose of Establishing Satisfactory Assurance of Accreditation 111 Institutions Preaccredited by the Regional Associations Recognised Candidates for Accreditation 113 Correspondents 117 Professional or Technical Schools or Departments 122 Appendix A Nationally Recognised Accrediting Agencies and Associations .. 127 vi Page Appendix B Accrediting Bodies and State Agencies Rerognized by the 11,S Commissioner of Education as Reliable Authority for the Approval of Nurse Education 129 Appendix C Institutions of Higher Education Registered by the New York Board of Regents 131 Appendix D Correspondence Departments in Institutions of Higher Education Listed by the National University Extension Association 1351 vii INTRODUCTION Unlike most other countries of the world, the United educational incompetence. Unlike the regional assoia- States has no ministry of education or other centralized tions, the specialized accrediting associations demon authority which exercises national control over educa- strate variations among their criteria for accreditation, tional institutions. The States assume varying degrees of definitions of eligibility, and operating procedures. control but permit institutions of higher education to In view of the differing emphases of the two kinds of operate with considerable autonomy. As a consequence, agencies, accreditation of allinstitution as a whole institutions vary widely in the character and quality of should not be interpreted as being equivalent to special- theirprograms. Inthis country, private educational ized accreditation of each of the several parts or pro- associations of regional or national scope have estab- grams of an institution. Institutional accreditation does lishexl criteria and procedures to evaluate institutions or not validate a specialized program in the same manner programs to determine whether or not they are opera- and to the same extent as does specialized accreditation. ting at basic levels of quality. This voluntary, non- The accrediting procedure for both institutional and governmental, peer evaluation in education is known as specialized agencies usuallyfollows a pattern of five accreditation. basic steps: . The accrediting agency, in collaboration with educa- The best available method of ascertaining the general tional institutions, establishes standards. standing or quality of a postsecondary educational insti- 2. The institution or program seeking accreditation pre- tution in the United States is to examine its accredited pares a self-evaluation study that measures its perform- status. In general, there are two kinds of accreditation, ance against the standards established by the accrediting institutional and specialized. Institutional accreditation agency. at the .higher education level is a function of the six 3. A team selected by the accrediting agency visits the regional accrediting associations which together cover institution or program to determine firsthand if the the United States, the Canal Zone, Guam, Puerto Rico, applicant meets the established standards. and the Virgin Islands. Institutional accreditation applies 4. On the basis of evidence that the applicant meets its to the total educational institution and, for the most standards, the accrediting agency lists the institution or part, includes only those institutions offering a core of program in an official publication with other similarly liberal arts and/or general education. This