Founded in 1912, acics is a national accrediting organization of primarily degree granting institutions. Federal aid participation requirements for acicsaccredited colleges press release. To edit, go to the accreditation criteria folder in the workarea. Council for higher education accreditation one dupont circle nw. Acics is committed to collaborating with institutions to help them meet the necessary criteria and ultimately attain an accreditation status. Accrediting council for independent colleges and schools. Acics will apply student achievement standards to data collected through the car. Education department strips authority of largest forprofit accreditor the potential death blow follows intense federal scrutiny of the accrediting council for independent colleges and schools. District court for the district of columbia memorandum opinion pdf. Accreditation criteria policies, procedures, and standards accrediting council for independent colleges and schools acics. These criteria incorporate all changes agreed to by the institutionsas well as organizational modificationssince the last published edition.
However, a court challenge will not affect the timeline for acicsaccredited. Accreditation and the united states department of education pdf. Any proposed change in the policies, procedures, or accreditation criteria that might alter acics s scope of recognition or acics s compliance with the requirements for recognition by the department will be submitted to the department and other appropriate agencies. The student achievement standards are described on the website under the accreditation tab. Whether seeking new accreditation or wishing to renew, institutions must be in compliance with these criteria in order to receive acics accreditation. Quality assurance and accreditation in education hassan alhaj ibrahim albaath university, homs, syria corresponding author email. Education department strips authority of acics, the. Pdf quality assurance and accreditation in education. On december 12, 2016, the secretary upheld the decision of the senior department official sdo to cease recognition of the accrediting council for independent colleges and schools acics as an agency that can provide schools with a seal of approval for educational quality, which in turn makes schools eligible to participate in federal student aid programs. Higher education accreditation in the united states wikipedia. Council for independent colleges and schools acics meets cheas standards of. Accrediting council for independent colleges and schools wikipedia.
Acics supports the concept that periodic evaluation entered into voluntarily by institutions and their peers enhances the quality of the educational. Learn more about beginning the initial accreditation process. Chea standards require agencies to provide a procedure for the agency to. Accrediting council for independent colleges and schools, accreditation criteria. The accrediting council for independent colleges and schools acics is a nonprofit.