Westwood College‐ Houston South Selected as a 2006 ACCSCT School of Distinction
At its June 12, 2006 Annual Business Meeting and Awards Breakfast, Today’s Opportunity, Tomorrow’s Reality held at The Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology (“ACCSCT”) recognized Westwood College‐ Houston South located in Houston, TX as a 2006 School of Distinction.
The School of Distinction Award recognizes ACCSCT accredited member institutions that have demonstrated a commitment to the expectations and rigors of ACCSCT accreditation, as well as a commitment to delivering quality educational programs to the students, graduates and employers that deserve our best work. Through this award, it is ACCSCT’s intent to recognize the importance of this significant achievement, including completing the accreditation process without stipulation and having been timely in the submission of the fees and reports required of an ACCSCT accredited institution. Of the 136 institutions considered by ACCSCT for initial or renewal of accreditation during the time period
August 2005 through February 2006, only 32 institutions qualified for the School of Distinction Award. ACCSCT offers its congratulations to Westwood College‐ Houston South on being named a 2006 ACCSCT School of Distinction.
About ACCSCT
For more than 35 years, ACCSCT has been committed to establishing and advancing quality education at private, postsecondary career schools and colleges. ACCSCT is dedicated to ensuring a quality education for more than 200,000 students who annually pursue career education at more than 800 ACCSCT accredited institutions. ACCSCT has been recognized by the United States Department of Education as a reliable authority for the establishment of educational standards since 1967. ACCSCT’s scope of recognition includes the accreditation of private,
postsecondary, non‐degree‐granting institutions and degree‐granting institutions in the United States, including those granting associate, baccalaureate and master’s degrees, that are predominantly organized to educate students for occupational, trade and technical careers, and including institutions that offer programs via distance education. ACCSCT’s mission is to serve as a reliable authority on educational quality and to promote enhanced opportunities for students by establishing, sustaining, and enforcing valid standards and practices which contribute to the
development of a highly trained and competitive workforce through quality career oriented education.
Additional information on ACCSCT and the accreditation process can be found at www.accsct.org, or by contacting Christopher Lambert, Associate Director of Membership Development and Commission Relations at (703)247‐4516 or via email at clambert@accsct.rog
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