Presents general institutional requirements, criteria, and procedures for accreditation used by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education. Links accreditation to institutional improvement. Lists the Commission's services and actions; the members of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools; archaic names of member…

Offers the 1980 revision of North Central Association bylaws. Articles cover purposes, offices, geographical territory, membership, meetings, board of directors, officers, commissions, appeals, association committees, books and records, contracts, checks, funds, gifts, funding and dues, fiscal year, waiver of notice, authority, and amendments.…

Offers the 1980 revision of North Central Association bylaws. Articles cover purposes, offices, geographical territory, membership, meetings, board of directors, officers, commissions, appeals, association committees, books and records, contracts, checks, funds, gifts, funding and dues, fiscal year, seal, waiver of notice, authority, and…

Reviews the purposes of institutional accreditation; general institutional requirements for members of the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education; criteria for accreditation; and commission services. Lists institutions accredited by the North Central Association alphabetically and by state. Explains candidate for accreditation status. (DMM)