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Colleges and universities across the United States voluntarily seek accreditation to ensure they are maintaining quality standards, and use it as an opportunity for continuous improvement. Accreditation also ensures that colleges and universities are eligible for federally-based financial aid programs.
UA is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association - one of six regional institutional accreditors in the United States.
In addition to university-wide accreditation, schools, departments and individual academic programs may receive accreditation.
University-wide Accreditation and Related Links
Academic Program and Discipline Accreditations
- Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
- Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)
- American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT)
- American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS)
- American Bar Association (ABA)
- American Association of Law Schools (AALS)
- American Dietetic Association (ADA)
- American Psychological Association (APA)
- Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP)
- Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
- Committee for Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP)
- Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training and Education (CAATE)
- Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP)
- Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA)
- Council on Academic Accreditation: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs
- Council on Social Work Education
- International Fire Service Accreditation Congress (IFSAC)
- National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD)
- National Association of Schools of Dance (NASD)
- National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)
- National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA)
- National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA)
- National Certification Board of Pediatrics Nurse Practitioners and Nurses (CAHPNP)
- National Certification Board of Pediatrics Nurse Practitioners and Nurses Acute PNP
- National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)
- Ohio Board of Nursing
2008 Higher Learning Commission Reaccreditation Focus Visit
2003 Higher Learning Commission Self-Study and Site-Visit
This self-study report was prepared for the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools in April 2003.
- Executive Summary
- Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 – Goals and Commitments
- Chapter 2 – General Institutional Requirements
- Chapter 3 - Mission
- Chapter 4 – Resources
- Chapter 5 – Accomplishing the Mission
- Chapter 6 – Planning
- Chapter 7 – Integrity
- Chapter 8 – Summary and Request for Continued Accreditation
- Appendix
- Basic Institutional Data Forms
- Index
- HLC – 2003 Accreditation Report
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