Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The first SACS was founded in 1895 and is made up of Council on Accreditation and School Improvement and the Commission on Colleges, which existed since 1912. It also works with the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and the Association of Specialized and Professional Accreditors. [3]
A. Abilene Christian University; Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College; AdventHealth University; Agnes Scott College; Aiken Technical College; Air University (United States Air Force)
King University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACSCOC) [12]. King is a member of numerous associations, including the Appalachian College Association (ACA), [13] the Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association (TICUA) [14] and the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU).
It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) and a member of the North Carolina Community College System. FTCC serves more than 30,000 students annually by providing over 190 occupational, technical, general education, college transfer, and continuing education programs.
National accreditation is typically held in lower regard than regional accreditation since nationally accredited schools are usually for-profit institutions with less competitive acceptance standards.
The National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI, pronounced nah-SEEK-eeh) is an advisory body that makes recommendations to the U.S. Secretary of Education "on matters related to accreditation and to the eligibility and certification process for institutions of higher education.".
Pending receipt of preliminary accreditation by the LCME and approval for substantive changes by SACSCOC, the school (to be physically positioned on the campus of Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville, N.C.) plans to begin recruitment of an inaugural class of 80 students. [41]
Cognia was formed as AdvancED in 2006 by the consolidation of the pre-college divisions of two of the U.S. regional accreditation organizations: the Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, and the Council on Accreditation and School Improvement of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.