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The Standards of Accreditation
The Standards of Accreditation constitute the basic document of the accreditation process forming the base of essentials against which a school studies and evaluates itself. Each school determines its own educational objectives, keeping in mind that such objectives must be appropriate for a postsecondary educational institution. The school is evaluated based on accomplishing its announced objectives, in accordance with the Commission’s standards.
The Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology has reviewed its practices, policies, and standards and has issued guidance and revisions in the following areas:
- Electronic Submission Requirements
- Interpretative Guidance – Final Accreditation Decisions
- Conforming and Technical Revisions to the Standards of Accreditation
Click Here to download a copy of the revised Standards of Accreditation.
Click Here to download a copy of the September 18, 2007 Accreditation Alert.
For additional information related to these approved revisions, please contact Michale S. McComis, Associate Executive Director, at (703) 247-4520 or via email at mccomis@accsct.org.
ACCSCT is committed to the on-going review of its standards and does so in a variety of ways. One method, among several others, is its Systematic Program of Review which includes a comprehensive Validity and Reliability Study. The validation of the Commission’s standards as reliable measures of quality education is an important benchmark used by the Commission to gauge the success of its work. The Commission conducted this comprehensive review in 2004 which consisted of surveys of school administrators, faculty members, current students, graduates and employers.
Click here to review a copy of this study.
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