TABLE OF CONTENTS for Accreditation Site The goal of accreditation is to ensure that education provided by institutions of higher education meets acceptable levels of quality. Includes lists of regional and national accrediting agencies recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education as reliable authorities concerning the quality of education or training offered by the institutions of higher education or higher education programs they accredit.

1.	Overview of Accreditation
2.	Accreditation in the U.S.
3.	National Recognition of Accrediting Agencies by the U.S. Secretary of Education
	Upcoming Changes in the Secretarial Recognition Petition Process
4.	Nationally Recognized Accrediting Agencies
5.	Regional Institutional Accrediting Agencies
6.	National Institutional and Specialized Accrediting Bodies
7.	Accrediting Agencies Recognized for their Preaccreditation Categories
8.	Accrediting Agencies Recognized for Title IV Purposes
9.	Part 602 - Secretary's Recognition of Accrediting Agencies
	Subpart A - General Subpart B -- The Criteria for Recognition Subpart C - The Recognition Process Subpart D - Limitation, Suspension, or Termination of Recognition Subpart E -Department Responsibilities
10.	National Recognition of State Approval Agencies by the U.S. Secretary of Education
	Criteria for the Recognition of State Agencies for Vocational Education    •  State Agencies Recognized for the Approval of Public Postsecondary Vocational Education Criteria and Procedures for Recognition of State Agencies for Nurse Education    •  State Agencies and Accrediting Bodies Recognized for the Approval of Nurse Education

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