Council for Higher Education Accreditation

Council for Higher Education Accreditation

Abbreviation	CHEA
Established	1996
Headquarters	One Dupont Circle NW, Suite 510, Washington, D.C., U.S.
President	Cynthia Jackson Hammond
Key people	Dottie King, Board Chair
Website	chea.org

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The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) is an American organization of degree-granting colleges and universities. It identifies its purpose as providing national advocacy for academic quality through accreditation in order to certify the quality of higher education accrediting organizations, including regional, faith-based, private, career, and programmatic accrediting organizations.

The organization has accredited colleges and universities as members, and currently recognizes approximately 64 accrediting organizations. CHEA is based in Washington, D.C. CHEA is a member of the International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE).