Depending on the type of institution seeking accreditation, ACAOM offers either "programmatic" or "institutional" accreditation. Programmatic accreditation focuses primarily (though not necessarily exclusively) on the educational program; institutional accreditation assesses not only the educational program, but also the overall institution in which the program is offered.

Scores should be reported to SOPHAS code 5688. If an applicant has sent their scores to the Harvard School of Public Health's institution code, 3456, the school will receive the scores. ...

General Administrative is the central administrative offices, like purchasing, payroll, accounts payable, and Accounting. Departmental Administrative is everyone else. Examples of Departmental Administrative is someone who writes P.O.'s, makes copies, sends faxes, etc. Departmental Administrative also includes department chairs.

Institutional subscriptions are designed for central human resources offices, affirmative action offices and provosts offices, any office that advertises positions across a single campus. Unit subscriptions are designed for academic and administrative units within an institution. For example, a college of business within a larger institution would be eligible to purchase a unit subscription, as would a development office or any other administrative office.

Institutional memberships are open only to higher educational institutions and related offices.

Administrative and support services of an academic department would come under Department Administration whereas general executive and administrative offices of the university would come under General Administration.

The Commencement Convocation is the only University-wide event where graduating seniors from all academic disciplines are given a time to come together to celebrate their achievements at UC Berkeley. No names are called and diplomas are not distributed at this event. Departmental Graduations are the official degree-conferring events.

Certification: Certifications are issued to individual fitness professionals by training and certifying organizations which offer education and training programs. Each certification organization offers its own programs, administers its own tests, and issues certifications to individuals in its own name.

Candidacy is a pre-accreditation status that the Commission grants to a program if the program can demonstrate that it has the likely ability to gain accreditation. Most states that license acupuncturists accept graduation from a candidate program as meeting the educational requirements for licensure. Currently, however, unless a program is also accredited by a regional accrediting agency, candidacy status does not enable a program to provide federally funded financial assistance.

Accreditation is a process that ensures the quality of an educational program, while certification is an examination process that determines whether an individual practitioner has learned a body of knowledge necessary for safe and effective practice in a field.

Third-party attestation related to a conformity assessment body conveying formal demonstration of its competence to carry out specific conformity assessment tasks.

Certification" deals with people; "accreditation" deal with facilities. If you are seeking information regarding how staff become certified, then continue to read this section. However, if you want to know more about how institutions/agencies become accredited, then you need to click the "Standards & Accreditation" button on this web-site.

Licensing is a mandatory inspection process that focuses on enforcement of minimum expectations for program/ facility operations. Accreditation is a voluntary evaluation process that focuses on achievable standards and recommendations for improvement for program/ facility operations.

The terms certification and registration are used interchangeably to refer to process of becoming ISO certified. Accreditation is the procedure by which an accrediting body gives formal recognition to group signifying that group is competent to carry out specific tasks.

Overall GPA is the GPA derived from all courses taken, regardless of institution. Many graduate programs use this GPA. FIU does not maintain this GPA. Admission GPA is a special GPA available on the Student Academic Support System(SASS) audit for students not fully admitted to the college. This GPA must be a 2.25 for admission to the college of Business Administration. Third- and fourth-year business courses are not used to calculate this GPA. Future employers may request Major GPA.

individual subscription allows one person to subscribe and access content via our website. Institutional subscriptions, which are purchased primarily by libraries and institutions, provide access to a broad base of library or institutional customers. Corporate subscriptions, or site licenses, allow a portion of or all employees of a company to access the e-journal usually via the company's intranet.

The institutional membership offers a discount on NSTA teaching materials as this membership was primary created for the school or library. Institutional memberships do not receive discounts on registrations at NSTA conferences.

Achieving national accreditation is top priority for our institution and a critical requirement for the school and our students. The accreditation of any institution of higher learning is a process, and application for American Heritage University accreditation is underway.