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GSC Administrative Archives - GSC
Accreditation Papers. 1941 – 1958 (with gaps)
1 box containing
3 manuals and 2 in. of correspondence
Correspondence between Dr. Heflin and the North Central
Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA); final reports
and recommendation from NCA; working schedules and supporting
documents of the evaluation; copies of forms used in
the evaluation; publications and manuals of NCA; comparison
information of another college.
The North Central Association of Colleges and
Schools
The North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
(NCA) is the largest of the six regional accrediting
associations that monitor the United States schools
internationally. NCA schools share the purpose of improving
education through cooperative efforts with others.
NCA is a non-governmental voluntary membership association
of educational institutions located in a 19-state region
that includes the Navajo Nation and the Department of
Defense Dependent Schools. As a regional accrediting
association, NCA is recognized by the United States
Department of Education.
The North Central Association consists of two commissions,
the NCA Higher Learning Commission which accredits community
colleges, colleges and universities, and the Commission
on Accreditation and School Improvement (CASI) , which
accredits elementary, middle level, secondary, independent,
adult and vocational, alternative and unit schools.
Elected representatives of member schools serving on
committees in each state serve as Commissioners and
establish the policies and standards for membership
and the procedures for school improvement activities.
History of the North Central Association
The concept of a regional accrediting association in
the Midwest was first introduced at the 1894 Schoolmaster's
Club meeting in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The organization
then sponsored a conference for education officials
from several Midwestern states. This organizing meeting
took place on March 29-30, 1895, at Northwestern University
in Evanston, Illinois. The 1994-95 school year marked
the 100-year anniversary of the North Central Association.
Michigan was one of the original states and accredited
sixteen schools in 1904; the first year NCA accredited
schools.
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