Accreditation
Central College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), which is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA), one of six regional institutional accreditors in the United States.
In 2002, Central was accepted into the Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP) and now uses the AQIP process of continuous improvement for its method of maintaining accreditation with the Higher Learning Commission.
A timeline of Central’s involvement in AQIP is shown below:
June 2002 |
Admission to AQIP |
November 2002 |
Strategy Forum I: First 3 action projects launched* |
November 2005 |
AQIP Systems Portfolio submitted |
March 2006 |
Systems Appraisal Feedback Report received |
December 2006 |
Updated Systems Portfolio submitted |
May 2006 |
Strategy Forum II |
January 2007 |
Quality Check-Up campus visit |
2008-09 |
Reaffirmation of Accreditation |
2009-10 |
Next Systems Appraisal |
* Current action projects can be viewed under the link at left. Action projects typically run from 1-3 years and are launched on a rolling basis.