| #1. Most traditional/non-profit
colleges and universities are accredited by one of the seven
regional accrediting bodies listed on http://www.msache.org/msache/content/oth2.html
#2. The Accrediting
Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) is a
nongovernmental organization incorporated in the Commonwealth of Virginia
with offices maintained in the District of Columbia. It is an independent,
national, institutional accrediting agency recognized by the US Department
of Education and the Council for Higher
Education Accreditation (CHEA).... The scope of accreditation
as recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education is that the Council's
evaluation and accreditation activities are directed to post secondary
institutions offering non-degree programs and degree programs through
the master's degree level that are designed to train and educate persons
for careers or professions where business applications, business concepts,
supervisory or management techniques, or professional or business-related
applications or disciplines support or constitute the career or professional
activity.
#3. The North Central Association
of Colleges and Schools was founded in 1895 for the purpose of establishing
close relations between the colleges and secondary schools of the
region. Throughout its history, the Association has been committed
to the improvement of education at all levels through evaluation and
accreditation. Today, the Association is a membership organization
of colleges and schools in nineteen states (Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado,
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,
New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, West Virginia,
Wisconsin, and Wyoming), Department of Defense schools, and the schools
and colleges in sovereign U.S. tribal nations within the nineteen
states." ... except from Overview
of Higher Learning Commission of North Central Association.
Some HBCUs accredited by this Commission include Wilberforce
University, Central State University, Lincoln University, Southwestern
Christian University, Langston University, and West Virginia State
University.
#4. The Commission on Higher Education is the unit
of the Middle States Association
of Colleges and Schools that accredits degree-granting colleges and
universities in the Middle States region. It examines the institution
as a whole, rather than specific programs within the institution.
Washington DC, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania,
Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Some HBCUs accredited by the Commission include Howard,
Delaware State, Bowie State, Coppin State, Morgan State, University
of Maryland Eastern Shore, Lincoln (PA), and the University of the
Virgin Islands
#5. The Commission on Colleges of the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools
is the recognized regional accrediting body in the eleven U.S. Southern
states (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia) and
in Latin America for those institutions of higher education that award
associate, baccalaureate, master's or doctoral degrees. The Commission
on Colleges is the representative body of the College Delegate Assembly
and is charged with carrying out the accreditation process.
Some HBCUs accredited by this Commission include Morehouse
College, Spelman College, Alabama A&M University, Jackson State
University, Tennessee State University, Xavier University, North Carolina
A & M University, and FAMU.
#6. The U.S. Dept. of Education maintains a comprehensive,
searchable database of all accredited U.S. colleges
and universities, including for-profit institutions on http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/
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