When even schools don't know the difference between NA and RA

[cookderosa]

You're right - because there is no real reason to know unless you work for the registrar.

Another example, my dh works for an RA university. They have tuition reimbursement and their dean sent out a list of suggested master's programs that the instructors without master's degrees should consider. While they previously hired teachers with only a bachelor's degree, this policy was changing, and all teachers needed a masters by whenever 2020 or something. On that list were numerous NA schools. The kicker here is that you need an RA masters - NA won't cut it. So, I crafted an email for my husband to send to his boss and the dean confessed he had no idea about the different types of accreditation or what would / wouldn't work for his faculty. Nothing else was sent out- no correction or anything.

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Picking nits - regional accreditation is national accreditation. All the authorizing legislation is federal and the legislation and likely the practice do not provide for tiers of accreditation.

Yes I know the difference but national accreditation would be considered the highest form of accreditation in the real world.

Sorry, I disagree. Regional is regional all day. National can mean ANYTHING and is undefined. Regional accreditation is specific and well defined.

To be RA does not mean you have NA.