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>> ACCREDITATION
Accreditation is an institutional procedure that universities seek to complete in order to bring their academic programs up to different standards of quality. The process of accreditation is non-governmental and voluntary; that is, universities appear before a private, regional or professional association (the one to which they wish to belong) and submit an application. The association then carries out an overall assessment of the university, and if the results are satisfactory, the school is accredited. It is important to point out that each association holds its own accrediting criteria. There are no worldwide accreditation standards: credits from California may be accepted in England, but not in New York. Distance learning universities do not usually share the same accreditation criteria that traditional universities do. Distance learning universities do not usually share the same accreditation criteria that traditional universities do. |
