Publications

Eligibility Requirements and Standards of Accreditation

Becoming Accredited: Handbook for Applicants and Candidates for Accreditation 2009 Edition (pdf, 266 KB)
To be used by institutions applying or undergoing review on or after March 1, 2009. Includes hyperlinks within the Handbook and to external resources.

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Characteristics of Excellence in Higher Education: Requirements of Affiliation and Standards for Accreditation
This latest edition of Characteristics was revised in March 2011 to reflect the new distance education and correspondence education requirements of the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008.

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