The ACA's ultimate credit to a cartoonist is the annual Stanley Award ( named for Stan Cross ) who was a longtime president.

ACA's function was to extend credit to small farmers.

ACA's ratings increased in 2007, but fell again in 2008, placing it behind those of Today Tonight.

His 1994 article, “ A Social Constructionist Position for Mental Health Counseling ” published in the Journal of Mental Health Counseling ( JMHC ) started an ongoing debate on the topic of postmodernism in the JMHC through 2000 and at workshops held at the ACA's conferences in 1996 and 1999.

He also opposes the US Department of Education and Council on Higher Education Accreditation, claiming it is a cartel and the group has, in part, caused higher education to " become uniformly secular, liberal, and mediocre: raising the cost of entry.

The school is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education ( NCATE ).

The College of Education is accredited by the National Council of Accreditation of Teacher Education and the National Association of School Psychologists and approved by the National Association of School Psychologists.

Individuals looking to obtain a construction engineering degree must first ensure that the program is accredited by EAC or Technology Accreditation Commission ( TAC ) of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology ( ABET ).

Additionally, The College of Management is accredited by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business ( AACSB ), and the College of Nursing and Health Services hold accreditation from the National League for Nursing Accreditation Commission and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing.

The city and surrounding area is served by the Medical Center of South Arkansas, MCSA, accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, is a general acute-care hospital licensed by the Arkansas Department of Health.

The Beale Clinic is accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and is dedicated to providing support to active duty members of base tenant organizations and their family members.

The district is non accredited and did not achieve Accreditation With Distinction in Performance for the 2005-2006, 2006 – 2007, 2007 – 2008, and 2008-2009 school years, the highest honor a school in Missouri can receive.

The city ’ s Police Department is accredited through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc., ( CALEA ).

( CJCFPD ) was formed in 1961 and is an Accredited Fire Agency by the Commission on Fire Accreditation International.

The City is also known for its police department, as it was the first — and for almost a decade the only — Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies federally accredited law enforcement agency in the State of Mississippi.

ECU is also home to an Environmental Health Science Program, one of only 30 programs nationally accredited by the National Environmental Health Science and Protection Accreditation Council ( http :// www. ehacoffice. org /).

It is internationally accredited by the Commission on Fire Accreditation International ( CFAI ).

The Police Department, which is a nationally accredited agency, sanctioned by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, has adopted the Problem Oriented Policing philosophy of service delivery, which requires officers to work together with citizens to identify community problems, determine the underlying cause, and develop solutions which address these causes in order to resolve the problem.

The Association is one of the three main global accreditation bodies in business education ( see Triple Accreditation ) and styles itself " the world's impartial authority on postgraduate management education ".

The police department is the only agency of its size with a dual accreditation from both the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies and the Commission on Accreditation for Corrections.

The Open University is also one of only three United Kingdom higher education institutions to gain accreditation in the United States of America by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, an institutional accrediting agency, recognized by the United States Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.

The basic eligibility requirement is completion of a residency program in psychiatry accredited by the Residency Review Committee for Psychiatry of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education ( ACGME ), the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada ( RCPS ( C )), or the American Osteopathic Association ( AOA ).

ACPE is recognized for the accreditation of professional degree programs by the United States Department of Education ( USDE ) and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation ( CHEA ).

Since 2007, she has been an external member of the Danish Accreditation Council, and since 2009, she is also a board member of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology ( NTNU ) in Trondheim.

Accreditation is the standard in United States.

The U. S. Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations calls maternal mortality a " sentinel event ", and uses it to assess the quality of a health care system.

They also implemented a system to handle complaints about BBB sales practices and conducted a review of their accreditation process and instituted a strict, uniform, minimum Accreditation Processes.

These centers serve as venues where out-of-school learners and other community members can learn new skills and competencies, review for the Accreditation and Equivalency ( A & E ) Exam of the DepEd-Bureau of Alternative LearningSystem ( BALS ), and / or help prepare learners to rejoin the formal school system, if so desired.

The not-for-profit UK hospital accreditation group the Trent Accreditation Scheme base their system upon NHS clinical governance, and apply it to hospitals in Hong Kong and Malta.

The Canadian Medical Association's Committee on Conjoint Accreditation offers the most comprehensive and best known system of national accreditation.

The US Election Assistance Commission has assumed federal responsibility for accrediting voting system test laboratories and certifying voting equipment through the Voting System Certification & Laboratory Accreditation Program.

IOAS, an IFOAM daughter company, offers the IFOAM Accreditation ( analyses of standards and verification process ) or the Global Organic System Accreditation ( analyses of verification process only ) and grants special recognition of credibility.

The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies administers a voluntary accreditation program for law enforcement agencies.

Accreditation agencies outside the United States include the Association of MBAs ( AMBA ), a UK based organization that accredits MBA, DBA and MBM programs worldwide, government accreditation bodies such as the All India Council for Technical Education ( AICTE ) that accredits MBA and PGDM programs across India, the Council on Higher Education ( CHE ) in South Africa, the European Foundation for Management Development operates the European Quality Improvement System ( EQUIS ) for mostly European and Asian schools, the Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation ( FIBAA ), and Central and East European Management Development Association ( CEEMAN ) in Europe.

Some individual colleges within the University of Phoenix hold specialty accreditation or are pre-accredited by accrediting agencies that are recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.

D ' Youville is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education and other appropriate accrediting agencies.

In an attempt to appear more legitimate to potential students, accreditation mills based in the United States may model their websites after real accrediting agencies overseen by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation ( CHEA ).

Gulliver Schools is accredited by five agencies: the Southern Association of Independent Schools ( SAIS ), the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools ( SACS ), the Florida Council of Independent Schools ( FCIS ), the Florida Kindergarten Council ( FKC ), and the Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation ( CITA ).

Accreditation, or certification, by these five agencies assure the Gulliver community and the college and university network that Gulliver Schools meets rigorous standards regarding curriculum, teacher credentials, safety, health, governance, and finances.

Institutional Accreditation is the highest certification that can be granted to an educational institution after an over-all examination of its number of accredited programs, the quality of its facilities, services and faculty.

In 2006, SACS renewed AIU's probation for failure to comply with various Principles of Accreditation.