WORLDAC ONLINE ACCREDITATION SERVICE
Accreditation is a review of the quality of universities, educational institutes, vocational institutions, colleges, schools, distance learning centers, lifelong learning centers, online courses, corporations, agencies, professionals, and instructors. All over the world, accreditation is a major way that students, families, government officials, and the press know that an institution or program provides quality education.
WORLDAC Online Accreditation
Accreditation may be either institutional or programmatic and is a voluntary, comprehensive, and objective process of outside peer review to determine whether an institution or program meets the standards of the accrediting body in institutional and/or educational quality and effectiveness. The WORLDAC provides institutional accreditation for its members.
What is the Online Accreditation Service?
This institutive accreditation service is for open universities, distance learning centers, lifelong learning centers, online courses, etc. that use online education methods. Online Accreditation accredits only the institution (administrative, organizational, financial, educational system, student/alumni services, etc.) and does not contain degrees and programs.
Online Accreditation does not contain institution´s programs that have a curriculum. If you want to get an accreditation for your programs, you must apply to Program Accreditation for each program after applying for Online Accreditation.
1. WORLDAC Accreditation isn´t a Substitute of Legal Regulations:
Accreditation is a voluntary, non-governmental peer review process. Accreditation by the WORLDAC shall be understood to convey only that the higher education institution meets the WORLDAC´s educational standards. Such recognition is not in any way intended to substitute legal authorization, recognition or regulation, through compliance with local government laws. Legal authorization, recognition or regulation, and government accreditation occur in the context of different reviews.
2. Institutional Accreditation:
The WORLDAC accredited institution is evaluated as a whole entity or in every specific program offered. Thus, the WORLDAC accreditation status is programmatic and it may be useful for the approval of specific programs (not for licensing of professions).
3. Global & International Scope:
The WORLDAC accreditation focuses primarily on educational quality from a global and international perspective, not narrow interests, or political action, or educational fashions. The WORLDAC is aware of the differences among countries that may arise in regards to fulfilling the quality standards set forth, so WORLDAC will examine each higher education institution expecting their institutional autonomy and following a non-discriminatory policy. Due to this global policy, the WORLDAC is not part of any country´s governmental agencies. Academic mobility and credit transferability of accredited institutions will always be subject to the receiving country or institution policy.
Rights of The WORLDAC Accredited Institutions
- Claim Accreditation by the WORLDAC.
- Use the WORLDAC name and seal.
- Receive an accreditation certification.
- Be listed on the WORLDAC website as an accredited member.
- The WORLDAC website will provide a link to the accredited member website.
- Use the WORLDAC monitoring and feedback services.
- Be periodically informed of any comments received on its behalf.
- Get an invoice for tax deduction purposes.
- Promote your institution through the WORLDAC Education Network.
- Access WORLDAC News Alerts and Newsletter.
- Get discounts for all WORLDAC sponsored events.