Greetings Visitors, Staff, Students, and NACCUA Institutions,
As we now move into another year of the COVID pandemic, heightened world tensions, and a more and more uncertain future, the need for independent thought and actions continues to increase. Governments around the world are proving to be more and more unable to govern. Why? Over time they have become so bloated and weighed down with archaic laws, procedures, and outdated policies and beliefs, that they can no longer effectively function for the needs of their people.
This is particularly evident where governments have, and continue to, intrude into higher education. For years governments have used outdated, politically, and financially motivated “good-old-boy networks” in their accreditation of institutions of higher education. They use this government approval of an institution as a very effective tool to assure national compliance, submission, and total control over what students are taught. Much the same as Nazi Germany did with their Ministry of Education. Governments greatest fears have always been that of self-educated independent thinkers. The tactic governments have always used is control and suppression.
Don’t get me wrong. Quality and true independent accreditation of institutions of higher education is critical to maintaining a high quality of education and consistent academic standards. NACCUA utilizes the United States Department of Education accreditation standards as specified in 34 CFR 606.16, amended on January 25, 2022. We support the standards of the United States Department of Education “USDE” and of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation “CHEA”. They are both world leaders in setting high standards of academic qualifications.
NACCUA is frequently asked, if you are in fact so supportive of USDE and CHEA, why is NACCUA consistently chosen not to be listed or recognized by either organization? NACCUA is not supportive of USDE or CHEA as organizations, we are supportive of their standards. Whereas NACCUA does in fact support the basic standards of both organizations and does indeed utilize the standards of the United States Department of Education, we do differ in many ways. Chiefly is that NACCUA is not an arm of the United States Government; therefore, NACCUA, along with an ever-growing list of other accreditation organizations, has never requested to be recognized by either organization.
NACCUA does not adhere to the outdated, politically, and financially motivated “good old boy network” methods used by so many today to accredit, or worse discredit, institutions of higher education. One very blatant example of this is that NACCUA is not qualified to be listed with or “recognized” by the USDE, not because of our accreditation standards, but because NACCUA does not accept federal financial aid or other federal programs; therefore, based upon the “Higher Education Amendments” of 1992, NACCUA does not qualify to be listed or “recognized”. Did I say something about financially motivated accreditations?
This policy is further confirmed by CHEA “Some institutions and programs are accredited by organizations that are not recognized by USDE or CHEA for reasons that do not relate to quality. For example, after passage of the Higher Education Amendments of 1992, the USDE interpreted the statute and issued regulations to require USDE recognition of only those accrediting organizations where institutions or programs are seeking eligibility for certain federal financial aid and other federal programs. Thus, a number of formerly recognized accrediting organizations were no longer recognized by USDE.” (Fundamentals of Accreditation, CHEA, 5). Again, did I say something about financially motivated accreditations?
NACCUA continues to only accredit the most progressive independent institutions. The NACCUA accreditation process takes over a year of vigorous inspections, detailed examinations, and a lengthy and expensive application process. Our inspectors focus more on education quality than financial aid.
We continue to scour the world for qualified institutions to join our family of creative out-of-box thinkers. Institutions who truly encourage self-directed student-centered learning and place the education of their students above all else and who are actively opposed to the outdated, politically, and financially motivated “good old boy network” used by so many today.
In October of 2015, NACCUA started a true international revolution in quality education. It is only by your support that we continue to grow. We just moved into beautiful new offices on the “Miracle Mile” in Chicago. Our supporters grow everyday from all over the world.
In closing, we wish to sincerely thank you so much for visiting our website and for being such huge supporters of NACCUA “Leading the new revolution of quality education around the world”.
All the Best,
NACCUA