In brief, the state licensing board licenses non-public postsecondary institutions. Licensing is required. Accreditation is voluntary. There are national accreditation bodies such as ACCET or COE and there is regional accreditation. There are certain requirements in order to be accredited by each type of accrediting board. There is also programmatic accreditation. This means the program has met rigorous guidelines and has been granted accreditation status. If yours is an acupuncture institution, for example, it may be accredited by the board that accredits acupuncture programs.

Student services are often as important as the educational programs. Student services prepare students to be successful and provide assistance throughout the student's experience at your institution. Student services vary from institution to institution. You already know about placement assistance and career services, but this is only one component of student services. Locate the catalog, policies and procedures and/or operations manuals and other materials to learn who staffs the Student Services Department and where it is located.

The institution catalog and enrollment agreement are among the documents that have been approved by the Florida Commission for Independent Education and they must follow the Fair Consumer Practices Statutes and Rules. Therefore the admissions requirements should be complete, consistent, and appropriate for the programs you offer. If there are some requirements that you do not understand, it is important that you ask for clarification from your supervisor or institution director.

The institution catalog provides an overview about your institution. It includes information about the institution's history, all the information about the programs, tuition and expenses, student services rules and regulations, and more. Ask for a copy for your notebook. Be sure you know where a supply of current catalogs is and any updated addenda.

The student may have to provide transcripts of the courses they want approved for credit. There may be certain grade point average requirements. The institution transferred from may have to be accredited, plus there will probably be other requirements. Sometimes there is a maximum number of credits that can be transferred in. Some institutions accept life experience credit. Acceptance of this credit typically requires submission and review of paperwork proving that the applicant's life experience equals so many hours of coursework.

There is a lot to know about each training program offered at your institution. For this reason it is a good idea to sit in on a class or two. This will help you to understand, from the student's perspective, what attending your institution is all about and the specifics about each program

Admissions requirements must be clearly stated in your catalog and other documents that students receive. The admissions requirements must follow the rules as outlined in the Statutes and Rules documents.

Transfer of credits depend on your school and if the new institution your transfering too if they will accept them.

There are many way to learn about the diffent program in your school. Newspapaers, ads, brochures are some of the ways.

The enrollment agreement is a binding contract between the student and the school.

The resource note book is a veru important tool to have with you at all times.

I learned a few things that clarified some important issues. Very useful information

My understanding is that some non-accredited Institutions offer financial assistance such as Veterans of Foreign War and Vocational Rehabilitation. If Accreditation gives an Institution access to Federal funding programs through an accrediting agency, what are the details surrounding that funding?

High school proof of education often delays the admissions process.

Question: Why are CEU classes not covered by the school's Accreditation Agency??

Paper work is the boring part of the job but very necessary! Our school has folders already put together with all the necessary documents in it. When a student is ready to enroll we can easily review each document and stay organized

Do you need to type each of the 2010 Florida Statues including Special Session A and put it into the Admission Staff Training Program Book? Please repond. Or if you have the titles from 1-39 listed-but no go into depth of each title?

be qualified and prepared are the main qualities to give the rigth information in admission field.

I thought agents could be on campus as well as off campus.

I think that it is great that there are so many tools and resources to gather this information that we need to assist us in effectively doing our jobs. I Love how the information is divided into sections and the definitions are spelled out.