The federal regulations allow accreditors to establish additional criteria and require institutions to demonstrate compliance with those standards. The regulations also allow institutions to establish institutional standards to demonstrate their success with student achievement. It is within these parameters that accrediting bodies establish the standards of accreditation, and this is generally done through a more or less collegial process that includes varying degrees of participation by member schools. The resulting accreditation standards interpret the federal regulations in the context of the particular constituency of schools, colleges, and universities the agency accredits.