Predecessor | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
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Formation | 1895 |
Purpose | Higher education accreditation |
Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois |
Region served | United States |
Main organ | Board of Directors |
Affiliations | CHEA |
Website | hlcommission.org |
The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) is an institutional accreditor in the United States. It has historically accredited post-secondary education institutions in the central United States: Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. The headquarters of the organization is in Chicago, Illinois.
The United States Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation recognize the commission as an institutional accreditor.[1][2] HLC grew out of the higher education division of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA), which dissolved in 2014.[3]
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