Partnerships and Collaborations
United States Department of Education (USDE)
Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE)
State Education Department Contacts
Office of the State Superintendent of Education
For a complete list of USDE recognized institutional accrediting organizations, please consult:
USDE Institutional Accrediting Agencies
For a complete list of USDE recognized programmatic accrediting organizations, please consult:
USDE Programmatic Accrediting Agencies
Partnerships and Collaborations
The Commission is proud to partner with other associations within the higher education community around shared interests.
Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC)
American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO)
American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)
American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU)
American Council on Education (ACE)
Association of Specialized and Professional Accreditors (ASPA)
Assessment Network of New York (ANNY)
Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)
Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT)
Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB)
Association of International Education Administrators (NAFSA)
Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU)
Association for Institutional Research (AIR)
Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education (AALHE)
Civic Learning and Democracy Engagement Coalition (CLDE Coalition)
Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME)
Higher Learning Commission (HLC)
Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU)
Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE)
Kurdistan Accrediting Association for Education (KAAE)
National Accreditation Commission (NAC)
National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE)
National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO)
National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU)
National Association of Presidential Assistants in Higher Education (NAPAHE)
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA)
National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA)
National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA)
National Student Clearinghouse (NSC)
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)
New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE)
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU)
Society for College and University Planning (SCUP)
State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO)
The Commission on Colleges and Universities
University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA)
WASC Senior College and University Commission (WASC)
WCET-WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies