Accreditation
Accreditation is becoming increasingly important as the number of online schools begins to rise. More and more illegitimate schools are popping up all over the Internet and these schools do not provide students with the appropriate services, resources, or education to earn a worthwhile degree.
IAO is an international accreditation body that grants accreditation to online colleges and universities. It follows a stringent process for granting accreditation to educational institutes.
Our Standards
IAO has a set of strict educational standards that must be adhered to by all educational institutes. These standards cover all aspects of an institution, including programs, fields of study, costs, flexible learning and mode of assessment, etc.
Our Evaluators
IAO's accreditation site-visits and evaluation is done in conjunction with GESFWA's world-wide chapters and members. From these chapters certain carefully selected top-tier members are nominated as IAO evaluators in that given regional chapter. They then have the authority to assess their local and regional institutions for accreditation purposes. As per IAO's mission, all evaluators understand their role and take a strong part in upholding global education standards and the prestige that goes with an IAO accreditation.
All About IAO's Accreditation
Accreditation, for any educational institution is of primary concern. No accreditation or accreditation from a less authentic accreditation agency means that the institution is not reliable or recognized enough to support its education and degrees. Before applying for any program of any institute, one must always check the accreditation for that institution and the recognition of the accrediting body. Another critical aspect in this assessment is to check whether all the programs and degrees offered by an institution are accredited or not.
What is Accreditation
Accreditation can be called both a status and a process. A status, because it ensures that an institution or a program meets standards for quality of education pre-defined by an accrediting body. A process, because it guarantees that the institution or program is always committed to self-assessment and self-improvement to meet the standards set by the accrediting body.
Why it is necessary to check Accreditation
Accreditation from an authentic body means that the institution is offering quality education and its degrees are recognized. It ensures that the educational standards of the accredited institution would not deteriorate, which helps cement the institute’s credibility and wide recognition. This ultimately leads to higher acceptance of its degrees and its graduates in the job market.
Periodic re-evaluation by accrediting agencies provides ways to improve education. Also, accreditation is important for the smooth transfer of credits of students among colleges and universities.
Who does the Accrediting?
Accrediting Organization's develop guidelines and perform evaluations. The organizations assess whether or not their established guidelines are being met by educational institutions. Institutions that apply for and meet the accrediting organization's standards receive accreditation from that organization. There are numerous accreditation bodies the world over that oversee accreditation and ensure quality of education within countries and regions.
Regional and National Accreditation
Regional and National accreditation is a term used to refer to the process by which one of several accrediting bodies accredits schools, colleges, and universities. Each regional or national accreditation institution encompasses and accredits the vast majority of public and nonprofit private educational institutions in the region it serves.
International Accreditation
There are numerous accreditation bodies the world over that oversee accreditation and ensure quality of education within their countries and regions. IAO, as a global body for accrediting online institutes, also works closely with regional and national (both govt. and non-govt.) accreditation bodies for providing accreditation services and ensuring that the assessment of the quality of education international universities is up to standard. The IAO is an internationally recognized, independent accrediting body. Its accreditation spans higher educational institutes, professional and vocational institutes and secondary schools. To read more about IAO click here.
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