Appendix a Accrediting Agencies and Associations Recognized by the Secretary, U.S
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319 . Appendix A Accrediting Agencies and Associations Recognized by the Secretary, U.S. Department of Education The Secretary of Education is required by statute to publish a list of nationally recognized accrediting agencies and associations which the Secretary determines to be reliable authorities as to the quality of training offered by educational institutions and programs. The National Advisory Committee on Accreditation and Institutional Eligibility assists the Secretary in determining which accrediting bodies should be listed. Accrediting bodies that achieve recognition are reviewed at least every 4 years thereafter. The commissions of the regional associations and the national institutional and specialized accrediting agencies which are recognized by the Secretary have no legal control over educational institutions or programs. They promulgate standards of quality or criteria of institutional excellence and approve or admit to membership those institutions that meet the standards or criteria. I. Regional Institutional Accrediting Associations The regional associations recognized by the Secretary of Education appear in the following listing. Regional accreditation applies to the entire institution and indicates that each of its parts is contributing to the achievement of an institution's objectives, although not necessarily all on the same level of quality. All regional accreditations listed in the Directory are self-reported by the institution and have not been verified by NCES, so the prospective student should verify accreditations of importance to him or her in the selection of a school by contracting the accrediting agencies. Appendix B provides the addresses and telephone numbers of the accrediting agencies for this purpose. Directory Regional Institutional Accrediting Associations, Listing (with regional commissions and states in region) Middle States Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Higher Education Commission on Secondary Schools (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands) New England New England Association of Schools and Colleges Commission on Institutions of Higher Education Commission on Technical and Career Institutions (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont) 320 . I. Regional Institutional Accrediting Associations - continued Directory Regional Institutional Accrediting Associations, Listing (with regional commissions and states in region) North Central North Central Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Institutions of Higher Education Commission on Schools (Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming) Northwest Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges Commission on Colleges (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington) Southern Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia) Western Western Association of Schools and Colleges Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges Accrediting Commission for Schools Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities (California, Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, the Republic of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas) 321 . I. National Institutional and Specialized Accrediting Agencies The national institutional and specialized accrediting agencies recognized by the Secretary of Education, and their scope of recognition, appear in the following listing. Institutional accreditation normally applies to an entire institution, indicating that each of its parts is contributing to the achievement of an institution’s objectives, although not necessarily all on the same level of quality. Some national accrediting agencies perform institutional accreditation. Specialized accreditation normally applies to evaluation of programs, departments, or schools which usually are parts of a total collegiate or other postsecondary institution. The unit accredited may be as large as a college or school within a university or as small as a curriculum within a discipline. Most of the specialized accrediting agencies review units within a postsecondary institution, which is accredited by one of the regional accrediting commissions. However, certain of the specialized accrediting agencies do accredit professional schools and other specialized or vocational or other postsecondary institutions which are free-standing in their operations. Thus, a “specialized” or “programmatic” accrediting agency may also function in the capacity of an “institutional” accrediting agency. In addition, a number of specialized accrediting agencies accredit educational programs within non-educational settings, such as hospitals. All national institutional and specialized accreditations listed in the Directory are self-reported by the institution and have not been verified by NCES. The prospective student should verify accreditations of importance to him or her in the selection of a school by contacting the accrediting agencies. Appendix B provides the addresses and telephone numbers of the accrediting agencies for this purpose. Directory National Institutional and Specialized Accrediting Agencies Listing and Scope of Recognition Covered by Directory Listing ACUP National Accreditation Commission for Schools and Colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Acupuncture (first professional master's degree and professional master's level certificate and diploma program in acupuncture and oriental medicine) ADNUR National League for Nursing, Inc. Nursing (associate degree programs) AHE Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools Allied Health Education (private postsecondary institutions) ANEST American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Nurse Anesthesia (generic nurse anesthesia educational programs/schools) . 322 II. National Institutional and Specialized Accrediting Agencies — continued Directory National Institutional and Specialized Accrediting Agencies Listing and Scope of Recognition Covered by Directory Listing ARCH National Architectural Accrediting Board, Inc. 1/ Architecture (first professional degree programs) ART National Association of Schools of Art and Design Art and Design (degree-granting schools and departments and non-degree-granting schools) AUD American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Audiology (master's degree programs) BI Accrediting Association of Bible Colleges Bible College Education (Bible colleges and institutes offering undergraduate Programs) BUAD Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs Business (associate degree programs in business and business-related field) BUBD Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs Business (baccalaureate degree programs in business and business-related files) BUMD Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs Business (master’s degree programs in business and business-related files) CE Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools Christian Education (Christian postsecondary institutions that offer certificates, diplomas, and associate, baccalaureate, and graduate degrees) CHE Council on Education for Public Health Community Health Education (graduate programs offered outside schools of public health) CHIRO Council on Chiropractic Education, The Chiropractic (programs leading to the D.C. degree) CHPM Council on Education for Public Health Community Health/Preventive Medicine (graduate programs offered outside schools of public health) CLPSY American Psychological Association Clinical Psychology (doctoral programs) CNCE Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training Continuing Education (noncollegiate continuing education institutions and programs) COPSY American Psychological Association Counseling Psychology (doctoral programs) COSME National Accrediting Commission of Cosmetology Arts and Sciences Cosmetology (postsecondary schools and departments) . 323 II. National Institutional and Specialized Accrediting Agencies — continued Directory National Institutional and Specialized Accrediting Agencies Listing and Scope of Recognition Covered by Directory Listing CPE United States Catholic Conference 1/ Pastoral Education (centers/programs, including those that offer clinical pastoral education, that award certificates, baccalaureate, and master’s degrees for training for specialized Ministries in the Catholic Church) CYTO American Medical Association, Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation Cytotechnology (programs for the cytotechnologist ) DA American Dental Association Dental Assisting (programs in dental assisting) DANCE National Association of Schools of Dance Dance (institutions and units within institutions offering degree-granting and non-degree-granting programs) DENT American Dental Association Dentistry (programs leading to the D.D.S. or D.M.D. degree; advanced general Dentistry and specialty programs, and general practice residency programs) DH American Dental Association Dental Hygiene (programs in dental hygiene) DIET American Dietetic Association, The Dietetics (coordinated undergraduate programs) DIETI American Dietetic Association, The Dietetics (postbaccalaureate internship programs) DIST Distance Education and