Practices

Accreditation

Provide proactive and strategic advice to maximize institutional effectiveness for the purpose of peer review and institutional improvement. 

Why Cooley

  • Team includes lawyers and nonlawyers who previously worked as senior managers in regional and national accrediting agencies or served in academic roles at accredited colleges and universities

  • 500+ accrediting visits - helping institutions comply with agency standards, developing accrediting standards and managing peer review processes

  • Assist institutions throughout the process to obtain initial accreditation and maintain that status through periodic reviews

  • Due diligence in complex transactions involving the sale or acquisition of institutions

  • Cross-practice team that represents colleges and universities before administrative panels facing sanction or adverse actions

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