Article provided lists of accredited schools by states and overseas, candidate schools for accreditation, as well as the annual report of the commission on schools. (RK)

Provided a list of institutions of higher education in the United States and its territories and possessions that have been accredited and that wish to be accredited. (RK)

Points to problems in the conceptualization and outcomes of accreditation. Imposes a hierarchy of immediacy on the accrediting agency, the institution seeking accreditation, and the consumers of services of the institutions or their graduates. Evaluates Better Business Bureau, Underwriter's Laboratories, and Standard and Poor's as possible models…

Explains the accreditation program of the North Central Association (NCA) and its activities to improve student learning. Discusses the standards of the NCA and how they promote effective schools; changes in accreditation and the association; criteria for school effectiveness; accreditation options including traditional accreditation and outcomes…

Analyzes four issues related to accreditation reform: (1) making institutional improvement a clear expectation of accreditation; (2) assisting students and the public to discriminate among institutions; (3) assisting the public in understanding what assessment can and cannot do; and (4) maintaining the meaning of accreditation in spite of…

Offers excerpts from a guide developed for accreditation visit team members to help the team focus on substantive aspects of the school. Lists evaluation standards, characteristics and practices of good schools and districts, and questions for various subcommittees of the visiting team. (DMM)

Lists accredited schools by state and overseas dependents schools as well as year of accreditation, officer in charge, and the number of grades, students and teachers. (RK)

Provides lists of postsecondary institutions accredited by the North Central Association and of candidates for accreditation. Each entry provides the following information: address, telephone number, president, public/private status, full-time equivalent enrollment, highest degree awarded, and accreditation history. Indicates the number of…

Lists the officers of the North Central Association, executive commissioners of the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, commissioners-at-large, members of the Standing Committee on Appeals, and honorary members of the association. (DMM)

Discusses the purposes of institutional accreditation, forms of affiliation with the North Central Association's Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, general institutional requirements, criteria for accreditation, candidate for accreditation status, accreditation and institutional improvement, services of the commission, and varieties…

Provides lists of postsecondary institutions accredited by the North Central Association and of candidates for accreditation. Each entry provides the following information: address, telephone number, president, public/private status, full-time equivalent enrollment, highest degree awarded, and accreditation history. Indicates the number of…

Lists the officers of the North Central Association, executive commissioners of the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, commissioners-at-large, members of the Standing Committee on Appeals, and honorary members of the association. (DMM)

Provides lists of postsecondary institutions accredited by the North Central Association and of candidates for accreditation. Each entry provides the following information: address, telephone number, president, public/private status, full-time equivalent enrollment, highest degree awarded, and accreditation history. Indicates the number of…

Lists the officers of the North Central Association, executive commissioners of the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, commissioners-at-large, members of the Standing Committee on Appeals, and honorary members of the association. (DMM)