Accredited Member, ACICS
ACICS:
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 stated mission of ACICS is to advance educational excellence at independent, nonpublic career schools, colleges, and organizations in the United States and abroad. This is achieved through a deliberate and thorough accreditation process of quality assessment and enhancement as well as ethical business and educational practices whereby ACICS attempts to maintain minimum standards, policies, and procedures leading to institutional effectiveness.
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.
What is accreditation?
Accreditation is a status granted to an institution that meets or exceeds the stated criteria of educational quality. The purposes of accreditation are to assess and enhance the educational quality of an institution, to assure consistency in institutional operations, to promote institutional improvement, and to provide for public accountability.
Accreditation is a deliberate and thorough process and is entered into voluntarily for purposes of quality assurance and institutional enhancement. Accrediting agencies assess compliance with published administrative and academic standards and seek a continuous striving for excellence on the part of the institutions they accredit.
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