Accreditation: Universities and Higher Education
Accreditation: Universities and Higher Education
What's New
New Rethinking Higher Education
New Rethinking Higher Education: Accreditation Reform
Retroactive Establishment of the Date of Accreditation
Written Third Party Comments—Federal Register Notice for Agencies Currently Under Review by Accreditation Group Winter 2019
New Guidance for Accrediting Agencies Will Strengthen Transparency and Accountability
Accreditor Dashboards, NACIQI Pilot (Feb 2017)
FAQs: Federal Recognition Process for Accrediting Agencies
Key Steps in the Accreditor Recognition Process
What College Accreditation Changes Mean for Students
Staff Recommendations on Accreditor Recognition
Accreditation Contact Information
- aslrecordsmanager@ed.gov
- 202-453-7615
Information on Accredited Institutions
Accreditor Recognition Criteria and Process
- Overview
- Regulations for recognizing accreditors
- Guidelines for accreditors
- Key steps in the accreditor recognition process
Information on Recognized Accreditors
- Institutional Accrediting Agencies
- Programmatic Accrediting Agencies
- National and Programmatic Accreditors Summary of Student Achievement Standards (summary)
- Current Practice of Recognized Accreditors Student Achievement Standards (full-text)
Recommendations on Improving Accreditation
- Strengthening Accreditation Memo (Jan 2016)
- Strengthening Accreditation's Focus on Outcomes (Feb 2016)
- Fact Sheet—Department of Education Advances Transparency Agenda for Accreditation (November 2015)
- Memo from Secretary Duncan to the Offices of Postsecondary Education and Federal Student Aid (November 2015)
