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U.S. Higher Education Regional Institutional Accrediting Agencies |
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The Office of Postsecondary Education Accreditation Search |
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http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/Search.asp |
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Regional Institutional Accrediting Agencies |
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Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools |
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Scope of recognition: the accreditation and pre-accreditation ("Candidacy status") of institutions of higher education in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, including distance education programs offered at those institutions. |
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Jean Avnet Morse, Executive Director
3624 Market Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
Tel. (215) 662-5606, Fax (215) 662-5950
E-mail address: info@msache.org
http://www.msache.org/ |
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New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) |
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Scope of recognition: the accreditation and pre-accreditation ("Candidacy status") of institutions of higher education in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont that award bachelor's, master's, and/or doctoral degrees and associate degree-granting institutions in those states that include degrees in liberal arts or general studies among their offerings, including the accreditation of programs offered via distance education within these institutions. This recognition extends to the Board of Trustees of the Association jointly with the Commission for decisions involving pre accreditation, initial accreditation, and adverse actions. |
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Charles Cook, Director
209 Burlington Road
Bedford, Massachusetts 01730-1433
Tel. (781) 271-0022, Fax (781) 271-0950
E-mail address: ccook@neasc.org
http://www.neasc.org/ |
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Higher Leaning Commission – HLC |
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Scope of recognition: the accreditation and pre-accreditation ("Candidate for Accreditation") of degree-granting institutions of higher education in Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, including schools of the Navajo Nation and the accreditation of such programs offered via distance education within these institutions. |
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Steven D. Crow, Executive Director
30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2400
Chicago, Illinois 60602
Tel. (312) 263-0456, (800) 621-7440, Fax (312) 263-7462
E-mail address: scrow@hlcommission.org
http://www.ncahigherlearningcommission.org/ |
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Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities |
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Scope of recognition: the accreditation and pre-accreditation ("Candidacy status") of postsecondary educational institutions in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington and the accreditation of such programs offered via distance education within these institutions. |
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Sandra E. Elman, Executive Director
8060 165th Avenue, NE, Suite 100
Redmond, Washington 98052
Tel. (425) 558-4224, Fax (425) 376-0596
E-mail address: selman@nwccu.org
http://www.nwccu.org/ |
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Southern Association of Colleges and Schools |
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Scope of recognition: the accreditation and pre-accreditation ("Candidate for Accreditation") of degree-granting institutions of higher education in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, including distance education programs offered at those institutions. |
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James T. Rogers, Executive Director
1866 Southern Lane
Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097
Tel. (404) 679-4512, Fax (404) 679-4558
E-mail address: jrogers@sacscoc.org
http://www.sacscoc.org/ |
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Western Association of Schools and Colleges |
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Scope of recognition: the accreditation and pre-accreditation ("Candidate for Accreditation") of community and junior colleges located in California, Hawaii, the United States territories of Guam and American Samoa, the Republic of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the accreditation of such programs offered via distance education at these colleges. |
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Barbara A. Beno, Executive Director
10 Commercial Boulevard, Suite 204
Novato, California 94949
Tel. (415) 506-0234, Fax (415) 506-0238
E-mail address: accjcbb@pacbell.net
http://www.wascweb.org/ |
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Higher Education Associations |
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American Association for Higher Education (AAHE) |
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Individual membership organization of faculty, administrators, students, and policymakers which addresses the challenges faced by higher education |
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http://www.aahe.org/ |
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Association for Telecommunications Professionals in Higher Education (ACUTA) |
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ACUTA is a nonprofit organization whose core purpose is to support higher education institutions in achieving optimal use of communications technologies. |
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http://www.acuta.org/home.cfm |
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Council For Higher Education Accreditation |
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CHEA is a private, non-profit national organization that coordinates accreditation activity in the United States. |
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http://www.chea.org/ |
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Higher Education Resources |
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Distance Learning Resources Library |
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This website is an educators' resource for delivery and management of education via the Internet. It focuses on web based learning for higher education, especially for at-distance, adult learners but has application for web based learning in general. |
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http://www.knowledgeability.biz/weblearning/ |
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MERLOT |
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MERLOT is a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students of higher education. Links to online learning materials are collected here along with annotations such as peer reviews and assignments. |
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http://www.merlot.org/Home.po |
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MIT OpenCourseWare |
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News and information on the project to make the course materials used in the teaching of virtually all of MIT's courses available on the Web, free of charge, to any user anywhere in the world. |
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http://ocw.mit.edu/ |
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World Lecture Hall |
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World Lecture Hall publishes links to pages created by faculty worldwide who are using the Web to deliver course materials in any language. |
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http://web.austin.utexas.edu/wlh/ |
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Workplace Training Resources |
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American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) |
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A professional association and resource on workplace learning and performance issues. |
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http://www.astd.org/ |
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T+D Magazine |
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For 56 years, the award-winning T+D magazine has heralded and even led the evolution of the profession from training and development to workplace learning and performance-with the purpose to deliver to its readers the emerging trends and proven best practices. |
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http://www.astd.org/virtual_community/td_magazine/ |
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Training Magazine |
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The magazine delves into management issues such as leadership and succession planning, HR issues such as recruitment and retention, and training issues such as learning theory, on-the-job skills assessments and aligning core workforce competencies to enhance the bottom line impact of training and development programs. |
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http://www.trainingmag.com/training/index.jsp |
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Military Learning Resources |
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eArmyu.com |
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eArmyU provides access to quality education for enlisted soldiers across the globe, helping them further their professional and personal goals and providing the Army with top preparation for its forces. |
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http://www.earmyu.com |
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Simulation, Training and Instrumentation Command (STRICOM) |
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STRICOM provides the Army with training devices, simulations, simulators and instrumentation for both training and testing. |
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http://www.stricom.army.mil/ |
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TAOnline.com |
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Transition Assistance Online, TAOnline.com, is the largest single source of transition assistance information and tools for today's separating military. On this transition assistance web site service members, both prior and current, can find all the resources needed to smoothly transition from their appreciated military service to the perfect civilian career. |
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http://www.taonline.com/ |
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Educational Technology Associations |
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Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) |
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The mission of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology is to provide leadership in educational communications and technology by linking professionals holding a common interest in the use of educational technology and its application to the learning process. |
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http://www.aect.org/ |
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Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada (AMTEC) |
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The Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada, AMTEC, is a Pan-Canadian community of educators, media producers, researchers, librarians and other professional staff who work to facilitate and improve learning, in all sectors of education, through the appropriate application and integration of educational technology. |
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http://www.amtec.ca/ |
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International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) |
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ISTE is the largest teacher-based, nonprofit organization in the field of educational technology. Its mission is to help K-12 classroom teachers and administrators share effective methods for enhancing student learning through the use of new classroom technologies. |
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http://www.iste.org/ |
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International Technology Education Association (ITEA) |
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The International Technology Education Association (ITEA) is the professional organization of technology teachers. Our mission is to promote technological literacy for all by supporting the teaching of technology and promoting the professionalism of those engaged in this pursuit. ITEA strengthens the profession through leadership, professional development, membership services, publications, and classroom activities. |
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http://www.iteaconnect.org/ |
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Society for Applied Learning Technology (SALT) |
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Founded in 1972, membership in the Society for Applied Learning Technology® is oriented to professionals whose work requires knowledge and communication in the field of instructional technology. It is a professional society, designed for individual membership participation with classes of membership keyed to the interest and experience of the individual. |
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http://www.salt.org/salt.asp?ss=l |
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