Distance Education Accrediting Commission

National Home Study Council

The Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC), formerly the National Home Study Council and then the Distance Education and Training Council, is a private and non-profit national educational accreditation agency in the United States specializing in the accreditation of (51 percent or more of)[1] distance education programs of study and institutions. The DEAC is recognized as a U.S. institutional accreditor by both the U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).

## History

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The DEAC was established in 1926 as the National Home Study Council (NHSC), a trade association for correspondence schools.[2][3] Its formation was in response to a Carnegie Corporation study that found a lack of standards to ensure quality in correspondence schools and protect their students and the public from fraud.[2] Under its first director, John Noffsinger, the NHSC developed a list of minimum standards for proprietary schools.

The NHSC adopted the name Distance Education and Training Council (DETC) in 1994 and its current name in 2014.[2][4]

## Accreditation

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In 1959 the NHSC was formally recognized by the U.S. Office of Education as an accreditor of higher education institutions. Currently the DEAC is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and the United States Department of Education as an accreditor of institutions of higher education. According to the DEAC, it is made up of over 100 distance education institutions located in 21 states and 7 countries. These institutions include non-profit institutions, trade associations, for-profit companies, colleges and universities, and military organizations.[5]

## See also

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* List of universities accredited by DEAC
* List of recognized accreditation associations of higher learning
* Educational accreditation

## References

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1. ^ Distance Education Accrediting Commission. "CHEA-Recognized Scope of Accreditation." "CHEA: Directory of National Career-Related Accrediting Organizations". Archived from the original on 2016-12-24. Retrieved 2015-11-04.. April 2013.
2. ^ a b c Michael G. Moore and William George Anderson (2003), Handbook of Distance Education, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, NJ. ISBN 978-0-8058-3924-1. p. 39
3. ^ "The History of the Distance Education and Training Council: 1926-2001" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-11-13. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
4. ^ The Distance Education and Training Council is now the Distance Education Accrediting Commission
5. ^ DEAC History, DEAC webpage

## External links

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* Official website
* HETA Directory

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* Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing
* Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
* Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training
* American Bar Association
* American Board of Funeral Service Education
* American Osteopathic Association
* American Podiatric Medical Association
* Association for Biblical Higher Education
* Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools
* Association of Institutions of Jewish Studies
* Association of Theological Schools
* Commission on English Language Program Accreditation
* Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation
* Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs
* Council on Chiropractic Education
* Council on Occupational Education
* Distance Education Accrediting Commission
* Higher Learning Commission
* Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology
* Middle States Commission on Higher Education
* Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools
* Midwifery Education Accreditation Council
* Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education
* National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences
* National Association of Schools of Art and Design
* National Association of Schools of Dance
* National Association of Schools of Music
* National Association of Schools of Theatre
* New England Commission of Higher Education
* Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
* Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
* Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools
* WASC Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
* WASC Senior College and University Commission

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