Accrediting agencies want to assure that you don't innovate in such a way that it lessens the quality of the education being delivered.

Actively involved in national higher education organizations and accrediting agencies, he championed faith-based institutions.

Though beyond the school's control, these political circumstances have led its accrediting agencies to criticise a perceived lack of strategic planning.

Instead, it maintains a list of valid, reliable, independent accrediting agencies, including private organizations and, for vocational schools, state accrediting agencies.