Accreditation
- Database of Institutions and Programs Accredited by Recognized United States Accrediting Organizations (Council for Higher Education Accreditation - CHEA) This link opens in a new window"The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) database lists more than 8,300 degree-granting and non-degree-granting institutions and more than 23,900 programs that are accredited by United States accrediting organizations that have been recognized either by CHEA or by the United States Department of Education (USDE) or both."
- Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP)formed from NCATE (National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education) and TEAC (Teacher Education Accreditation Council)
- AdvancEDAdvancED was created through a 2006 merger of the PreK-12 divisions of the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA CASI) and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools on Accreditation and School Improvement (SACS CASI)—and expanded through the addition of the Northwest Accreditation Commission (NWAC) in 2011.