Accreditation - Newport News

Newport News Campus

What is Accreditation?
Accreditation is a distinction granted to any institution meeting or exceeding the stated criteria of educational quality. The purposes of accreditation include:

• Assess and enhance the educational quality of an institution.
• Assure consistency in institutional operations.
• Promote institutional improvement.
• Provide for public accountability.

Why is it important to you?
Accreditation affects you by providing for the responsibility of an institution and assuring prospective and current students of the following:

• It is recognized as a qualified institution of higher learning with approved programs of study that meet recognized academic standards.
• It employs a professional staff.
• It has sufficient facilities and equipment.
• It is a stable and permanent fixture in the educational community.

This school voluntarily undergoes periodic accrediting evaluations by teams of qualified examiners including subject experts and specialists in occupational education and private school administration.

Institutional Accreditation

• Accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS).

Approvals

• Approved for the training of veterans and eligible persons under the provisions of Title 38, United States Code.
• Approved School by the National Certification Board of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (NCBTMB).
• Authorized under federal law to enroll nonimmigrant alien students.
• Certified to operate by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV).

* Copies of accreditation, approval and membership documentation are available for inspection at the campus. Please contact the campus president to review this material.

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VA 23606