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Accreditation
College Accreditation Agency
Programs with Specialized Accreditation Agencies
Professional Licensure and Certification Disclosure
Program Certifications
Annual Notification: All career and technical education courses and programs are offered at Pierpont regardless of race, color, national origin, gender, or disability.
Accreditation is the process whereby a professional association or nongovernmental agency grants recognition to a school or program the ability to meet predetermined established criteria or standards. Accreditation includes approval of governance, curriculum, and quality of its faculty, adequacy of facilities, library, equipment, laboratories, and assessment. To assure its stature and academic excellence, a college obtains accreditation from both regional and national agencies and professional organizations and joins certain accrediting organizations.
The Higher Commission of the North Central Association (HLC)
230 South LaSalle Street, Suite 7-500
Chicago, IL 60604-1411
(800) 621-7440
www.hlcommission.org
Pierpont Community & Technical College was recognized as an independent institution and separately and fully accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) in April 2008. Pierpont received reaffirmation and continued accreditation in July 2014. Since 2014, Pierpont has hosted successful site visits from the Higher Learning Commission: Multi-Location Visit (2016), Focus Visit (2019), and Multi-Location Visit (2022). In October 2022, Pierpont hosted a Campus Evaluation Visit to designate its 500 Galliher drive campus as its main campus. Pierpont will host its next comprehensive assurance evaluation in 2023-2024.
The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) is an independent corporation, which was founded in 1895 as one of six regional institutional accreditors in the United States. The Higher Learning Commission accredits, and thereby grants membership in the Commission, to degree-granting educational institutions in the North Central region: Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, New Mexico, South Dakota, Wisconsin, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
Contact information:
www.hlcommission.org
230 South LaSalle Street, Suite 7-500
Chicago, IL 60604
800.621.7440
info@hlcommission.org
The complaint process is designed to identify substantive problems with an institution’s ability to meet the Criteria for Accreditation. HLC’s policy on complaints provides a full description of the type of complaints that HLC will review.
View the HLC website to file a complaint.
NC-SARA
Pierpont Community and Technical College participates in the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA) which helps expand students’ access to educational opportunities and ensure more efficient, consistent, and effective regulation of distance education programs. NC-SARA is a multi-state reciprocity agreement for colleges and universities. Pierpont’s partnership and approval for participation allow Pierpont to offer online courses or programs across state and territorial lines across the U.S. Students with complaints about the consistency and quality of online courses and programs must first exhaust Pierpont’s institutional process for academic complaints before appealing to the SARA Portal Entity in the West Virginia Community and Technical College System. Pierpont’s procedure for appeals and academic complaints is outlined in the Procedure for Appeals section of the academic catalog, ascribing to the Board of Governor’s Policy 18.
Pierpont agrees to work with our System’s SARA Portal Entity to resolve complaints arriving from its students in SARA states and will abide by decisions of that entity regarding resolution of such complaints after all institutional processes have been exhausted.
Dietetic Technician Program (AAS)
Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND)
120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2190
Chicago, IL 60606
(312) 899-0040; Ext. 5400
(3012) 899-4817 Fax
http://www.eatrightpro.org/ACEND
Emergency Medical Services (AAS)
Committee on Accreditation for the EMS Professional (CoAEMSP)
3301 Lakeview Parkway
Suite 111-312
Rowlett, TX 75088
(214) 703-8445
(214) 703-8992 Fax
www.coaemsp.org
Drafting & Design (AAS), Graphics Technology (AAS)
Association of Technology, Management and Applied Engineering (ATMAE )
1390 Eisenhower Place
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
(734) 677-0720
www.ATMAE.org
Food Service Management (AAS)
American Culinary Federation Education Foundation’s Accrediting Commission (ACFEFAC)
180 Center Place Way
St. Augustine, FL 32095
(800) 624-9458
www.acfchefs.org
Health Information Technology (AAS)
Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM)
200 East Randolph Street, Suite 100
Chicago, IL 60601-5800
www.cahiim.org
Medical Laboratory Technology (AAS)
National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS)
5600 N River Road, Suite 720
Rosemont, IL 60018-5119
(847) 939-3597
http://www.naacls.org
Physical Therapist Assistant (AAS)
Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE)
3030 Potomac Ave, Suite 100
Alexandria, Virginia 22305-3084
Telephone: (703) 706-3245
Email: accreditation.apta.org
Website: http://www.capteonline.org/home.aspx
Respiratory Care (AAS) (Provisional Accreditation)
Commission on the Accreditation of Respiratory Care (CoARC)
P.O. Box 54876
Hurst, TX 76054-4876
(817) 283-2835
(817) 354-8519 Fax
www.coarc.com
Veterinary Technology (AAS)
American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)
1931 N. Meacham Road, Suite 100
Schaumburg, IL 60173-4361
(800) 248-2862
www.avma.org
Licensed Practical Nursing (CAS)
West Virginia Board of Examiners for Licensed Practical Nurses (WVBELPA)
101 Dee Drive
Charleston, WV 25311
(877) 558-LPNS
www.lpnboard.state.wv.us
Radiologic Technology (Partnership Program with Accreditations held by WVU Hospital & United Hospital Center)
Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT)
20 N. Wacker Drive
Suite 2850
Chicago, IL 60606-3182
(312) 704-5300
www.jrcert.org
Professional Licensure and Certification Disclosure
Aviation Maintenance Technology Program
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
CFR 147, Code of Federal Regulations
800 Independence Way
Washington, DC 20591
www.faa.gov
Childcare Center Accreditation
Academy for Early Childhood Program Accreditation (NAEYC)
1313 L Street NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005-4101
(202) 232-8777
(800) 424-2460
www.naeyc.org/accreditation
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