Message from the Vice-President

Prof. Erantha De Mel Ph.D., D.Sc.

Welcome to The American Association for Higher Education and Accreditation
 

Thank you for visiting our Website. As an educational / accreditation organization, we want to give you the opportunity to stay in touch with us and our educational information.

Our organization was established to set the standards in this country in the field of education in more than 20 different disciplines and we have been responsible for providing outstanding educational information. Our specialty is in the area of accreditation, education information and membership to anyone looking to help promote quality higher education. Our regular members particularly value our continued dedication in the field of higher education.

AAHEA’s primary function is to assure and strengthen academic quality and ongoing quality improvement in academic courses, programs and degrees.

AAHEA carries forward a long tradition of ensuring quality, accountability, and improvement in higher education. Recognition by AAHEA affirms that standards and processes of accreditation are consistent with quality, improvement, and accountability expectations that AAHEA has established. AAHEA will recognize regional, specialized, national, international and professional educational institutions.

As you are aware, accreditation is a way to ensure that all students learn the same type of subject matter regardless of the individual institution he or she attends.  Accreditation is also a way of assuring potential employers that the student has received a quality education and has learned skills that are relevant in today's job market.

Certain core academic values such as Institutional Autonomy, the valuing of the intellectual and academic authority of the faculty, education programs, site-based education and a community of learning, and collegiality and shared governance,  sustain accreditation. Colleges and universities conduct their day-to-day business, develop strategic plans, generate operating budgets, and engage with students based on the perceived importance of these values. While the accreditation process allows considerable flexibility in how these values are honored, the higher education community itself insists that the values be addressed.

Accordingly, formal accreditation protects these values. Over the years, standards and criteria have evolved that require the investment of institutional resources in them. Accreditation standards also routinely require the maintenance of adequate campus facilities to sustain a community of learning, and call for a clear commitment to general education, consistent with institutional mission.

At AAHEA we are strongly committed to the principle that Postsecondary Education should have access to accreditation and recognition processes for accrediting organizations.

On behalf of the Board and Staff of AAHEA, I welcome you to our Internet Home
 

Thank you!

Prof. Erantha De Mel,VP