TYPES OF ACCREDITIONAL AGENCIES

There are four types of accreditation agencies

1. Regional accreditation agencies

2. Professional accreditation agencies
3. State accreditation agencies
4. National accreditation agencies.

1.REGIONAL ACCREDIATION AGENCIES:

 Regional agencies are concerned with as institution as a whole.

 They are general in nature.
 They are concerned with appraising the total of the institution of higher
learning and with safe guarding the quality of education and foundation
of professional programs in colleges and universities.
 Each agency establishes criteria for the evaluation of institution in its
region.
 It receives those institutions periodically and publishes from time to time
a list of those institution which it has accredited.

2. PROFESSIONAL ACCREDIATION AGENCIES:

 Professional accrediting agencies are specialized and each is concerned

with particular profession.

3. STATE ACCREDIATION AGENCIES:

 Accreditation in certain stages may be function of state agencies.

 It assumes the responsibility mainly for teacher education.
 State universities commissions and other agencies are authorized in some
state to evaluate college, to give initial approval to institutions to higher
 learning to formulate standards, to issue licenses and to have various
other responsibilities.
 Many state agencies accept the accreditation of regional and national
accrediting agency as a basis for their approval of the institutions.

5.NATIONAL ACCREDIATION AGENCIES

 In 1904 started with the accreditation of medical school.

 Membership in some agencies composed number of some combination of
nurses and doctors.

NATIONAL COMMISSION OF ACCREDITATION

As the number of accreditation agencies were established to control the

activities of accreditation agency.

Functions of national commission of accreditation:

 To study and investigate the accreditation agency.

 Publish a list of accreditation agencies, it has approval.
 To collect and publish information on higher education, that is pertinent
to accreditation.