Regional & National accreditation

[bjcheung77]

Hmm, interesting... In short this is what was proposed (or what I think was proposed). There are pros & cons, but I would assume leaving it the way it is would be less confusing, but sometimes change is good (it depends).

The US Gov/DOE is proposing the six regional accrediting agencies to no longer be bound by their respective boundaries, as currently, they are only authorized to provide accreditation to institutions within their currently assigned areas (regions). I'm not sure why they would want this though...

In turn, it just means any new institution seeking accreditation can apply for one of the six instead of specifically choosing the accrediting agency associated with their state. This can be somewhat skewed if people only apply to one accreditation agency, why would there be a need for the other 5.

Note, this has nothing to do with currently nationally accredited agencies like ABHES, ACCSC, ACCET or DEAC and the National faith-based accrediting agencies such as AARTS, ATS, ABHE and TRACS. Even though the arms of these RA agencies reaches a national level, their accreditation will remain "different" than the Nationally Accredited agencies.