The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges & Schools

Does anyone know anything about this accreditation?

I was once burned when I tried to have 23 college units from a Southern Association of Schools & Colleges (SASC) and have then transferred to a Western Association of Schools & Colleges (WASC). WASC (California) wouldn't recognize my coursework from SASC (Texas).

I just don't want to get burned again, so if anyone knows anything about The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges & Schools please let me know.

 

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Hi Norcal,

The Higher Learning Commission accredits, and thereby grants membership in the Commission and in the North Central Association.
(Source: About HLC | About HLC)

Now back to your query: Rather than discuss what "should be" or in generalities, if you have concerns about credit transfer, I would advise you to contact your future target school and ask them specifically whether they will accept credit transfers from your current/intended school.

You will most likely have to provide course details to facilitate a more concrete response.

There are various reasons why schools may reject the transfer of certain credit and its not always related to just recognition issues.

All the best!

 

Yes. It's the regional accreditor, based in Chicago I believe, that once concentrated on the Midwest and subsequently expanded over the map from Arizona to West Virginia.

WASC doesn't accept credits, individual WASC schools do. If some California school didn't accept particular credits from some unnamed SACS-accredited school into some unspecified program, it probably wasn't the institutional accreditation that was the problem. Maybe the Texas school's credits didn't satisfy the California school's syllabus requirements.

It's a legitimate accreditor. But you are still going to have to pay careful attention to the credit transfer details in the university catalogs.

 

Hey Ivan, I'm not familiar with the term big three. Could you explain what you mean . . .

Thanks in advance.