Council for Higher Education Accreditation

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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	Gena Glickman, Board Chair
Website	chea.org

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The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) is a United States 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.^[1]

The organization has accredited colleges and universities as members, and currently recognizes approximately 64 accrediting organizations.^[2] CHEA is based in Washington, D.C. CHEA is a member of International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE).^[3][4]