ACCREDITATION OF EDUCATION

Accreditation and Accrediting Bodies in the United States

Accreditation and Accrediting Bodies in the United States

Introduction

The purpose of accreditation of U.S. institutions is to ensure that education institutions represented by the higher education meets acceptable levels of quality. In the process of accreditation, in the United States, institutions are involved as a government, and non-governmental organizations for accreditation agency.

Accreditation agencies that are independent associations develop criteria and evaluate the educational institutions to establish whether carried out the alleged criteria. Institutions or program, stating the desire of passing the assessment of the agency and, eligible agencies shall be ...