[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 34, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 34CFR602.18]



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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION

 

 CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

PART 602_THE SECRETARY'S RECOGNITION OF ACCREDITING AGENCIES--Table of 

Contents

 

                 Subpart B_The Criteria for Recognition

 

Sec. 602.18  Ensuring consistency in decision-making.



    The agency must consistently apply and enforce its standards to 

ensure that the education or training offered by an institution or 

program, including any offered through distance education, is of 

sufficient quality to achieve its stated objective for the duration of 

any accreditation or preaccreditation period granted by the agency. The 

agency meets this requirement if the agency--

    (a) Has effective controls against the inconsistent application of 

the agency's standards;

    (b) Bases decisions regarding accreditation and preaccreditation on 

the agency's published standards; and

    (c) Has a reasonable basis for determining that the information the 

agency relies on for making accrediting decisions is accurate.



(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1099b)