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| '''Council on Higher Education Accreditation''' (CHEA) is an association of 3,000 degree-granting colleges and | '''Council on Higher Education Accreditation''' (CHEA) is an association of 3,000 degree-granting colleges and | ||
| universities, which also recognizes 60 institutional and programmatic accrediting organizations. The association is based in ] and approved by the ]. The CHEA website contains a searchable database to check accreditation status of approved accreditation agencies, accredited schools, or schools currently in the process of getting accreditation. | universities, which also recognizes 60 institutional and programmatic accrediting organizations. The association is based in ] and approved by the ]. The CHEA website contains a searchable database to check accreditation status of approved accreditation agencies, accredited schools, or schools currently in the process of getting accreditation. | ||
| Some people and eduactional institutions oppose CHEA for philosophical reasons and support the independence of educational institutions, as they see CHEA as an educational cartel. These people and institutions also oppose the ] for the same reason. | |||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) is an association of 3,000 degree-granting colleges and universities, which also recognizes 60 institutional and programmatic accrediting organizations. The association is based in Washington DC and approved by the US Department of Education. The CHEA website contains a searchable database to check accreditation status of approved accreditation agencies, accredited schools, or schools currently in the process of getting accreditation.
Some people and eduactional institutions oppose CHEA for philosophical reasons and support the independence of educational institutions, as they see CHEA as an educational cartel. These people and institutions also oppose the US Department of Education for the same reason.
See also
- Accreditation mill
- Diploma mill
- List of unaccredited institutions of higher learning
- List of unrecognized accreditation associations of higher learning
- List of recognized accreditation associations of higher learning
- School accreditation
- US Department of Education
External links
- CHEA.org – Offical website
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