Accreditation - Skokie
Skokie 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.
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.
ACCREDITATION, APPROVALS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Everest College, Skokie, voluntarily undergoes periodic evaluations by teams of qualified examiners, including subject experts and specialists in occupational education and private college administration.
The Burr Ridge, Chicago, North Aurora and Skokie campuses are accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC), 2101 Wilson Blvd, Suite 302, Arlington, VA 22201 (703) 247-4212.
The Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges is listed as a nationally recognized accrediting agency by the United States Department of Education.
The Everest College, Merrionette Park campus and the Earth City campus are accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools to award diplomas. The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools is listed as a nationally recognized accrediting agency by the United States Department of Education and is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) is located at 750 First Street, NE, Suite 980, Washington, D.C. 20002-4241; (202) 336-6780.
The Merrillville campus is institutionally accredited to offer non-degree programs by the accrediting commission of the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES), 7777 Leesburg Pike, Suite 314 N, Falls Church, Virginia, 22043, (703) 917-9503.
ABHES is listed by the U.S. Department of Education as a nationally recognized accrediting agency under the provisions of Chapter 33, Title 38, U.S. code and subsequent legislation.
Everest College (Merrillville campus) is regulated by the Indiana Commission on Proprietary Education, 302 West Washington Street, Room E 201, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204, (317) 232-1320, 1-800-227-5695.
Everest College (Earth City campus) has approval to operate granted by the Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education.
Certificate of Approval to Operate is issued for the Illinois and Indiana campuses by the Illinois State Board of Education, 100 North First Street, Springfield, Illinois 62777.
Everest College (Merrillville campus) is regulated by the Indiana Commission on Proprietary Education, 302 West Washington Street, Room E 201, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204, (317) 232-1320.
Eligible institutions for Federal Perkins Loan, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG), Federal Pell Grant and Federal Work-Study programs.
The Practical Nurse program at the Merrillville campus has received full accreditation from the Indiana State Board of Nursing, Health Professions Bureau, Indiana Government Center South, 402 W. Washington Street, Room W072, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204, (317)234-2043.
The Surgical Technologist program at the Merrillville campus is accredited by the Accreditation Review Committee on Education in Surgical Technology (ARC ST), a CAAHEP Recognized Committee on Accreditation. Their address is 7108-C South Alton Way, Centennial,
Colorado 80112, (303) 694-9262.
The Medical Assisting programs at the Burr Ridge, North Aurora and Skokie campuses are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB). Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, 1361 Park Street, Clearwater, FL 33756, 727-210-2350.
Accreditation assures students (1) that the College is recognized as a qualified institution of higher learning with approved programs of study which meet recognized academic standards; (2) that it employs a professional staff; (3) that it has adequate facilities and
equipment; and (4) that it has stability and permanence in the educational community.
The College does not imply, promise, or guarantee that it will maintain its affiliation with any accrediting agency for the duration of the student’s enrollment and expressly reserves the right to terminate any such affiliation upon one month's notice to students.
School approvals and memberships are displayed in the lobby. The Campus President can provide additional information.
9811 Woods Drive, 2nd Floor
IL 60077
