| To be eligible for consideration for accreditation, an institution or entity must satisfy the following minimum requirements.
- It shall be either an institution of post secondary
education primarily offering educational programs designed to
train and educate persons for careers or professions where business
applications, business doctrines, supervisory or management techniques,
professional or paraprofessional applications, and other business-related
applications or disciplines support or constitute the career;
or a non institutional entity offering professional enhancement
education.
An institution is presumed to be an
institution of post secondary education if it (1) enrolls a
majority of its students in one or more programs, the content
of which is on a post secondary academic level and which leads
to a post secondary academic credential (such as a certificate,
diploma, or degree) or an occupational objective; (2) enrolls
students who possess a high school diploma or its equivalent,
or who are beyond the age of compulsory school attendance and
demonstrate through valid assessment an ability to benefit from
the educational experience; and (3) offers at least one program
which is a minimum of 300 clock hours in length.
- It shall be legally organized; be licensed by (1)
the appropriate state education agency for post secondary institutions
or (2) the appropriate state agency for authorizing the conduct
of business in that state for non institutional entities; and
have offered its educational services to general public for at
least two years immediately prior to consideration of the application
by ACICS.
- Its mission shall be to offer educational programs which help students develop skills and competencies to enhance their careers.
- Its residential enrollment and enrollment in each program shall be sufficient both to support course work and learning experiences that, separately or in combination, constitute measurable and defined educational programs, and to enable ACICS to assess the educational effectiveness of those programs.
- It shall have a sufficient number of graduates from a majority of its programs to enable ACICS to assess the educational effectiveness of those programs. Programs offered at any credential level from which there are no graduates will be reviewed in accordance with standards outlined in the Accreditation Criteria.
- It shall be in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
- It shall be organized as a corporation, as a limited partnership with corporate general partner, or as a limited liability company.
- Its evaluation for accreditation shall be authorized by the chief executive officer.
- Its owner or managers shall not have been debarred by ACICS.
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