Candidacy Application & Information

This category of affiliation with the New England Association is designed primarily for schools that seek to work toward membership in and accreditation by the Association, but who do not at this time meet all of the Standards for Accreditation. Recognition by the Association of the institution in this category is accomplished only after a school has submitted detailed information as to its mission, organization and structure, professional staff, curriculum, admissions policy, physical plant, and immediate and long-range plans, resources and prospects for achieving these. The school is visited by a committee representing the Commission on Independent Schools of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc., and a report on the visit and the material supplied by the school is reviewed by the Commission and becomes the basis for a recommendation to the Board of Trustees of the Association that the school be granted recognition as a Candidate for Accreditation. Their action on the recommendation is final.

 

Recognition as a Candidate for Accreditation is not to be confused with membership in or accreditation by the Association. It is assumed that this is a step in the development of the institution to a state of readiness for membership in and accreditation by the Association. The school's recognition as a Candidate for Accreditation is reviewed annually by the Commission on Independent Schools. An institution may be in the category for a maximum of five years, except by special vote of the Commission on Independent Schools.