Accreditation Procedures


I. Membership

A. Membership in the ECUMENICAL FEDERATION OF ACCREDITATION is limited to schools that meet the membership eligibility criteria of School in the Ecumenical Federation of Accreditation the Board of Commissioners has conferred candidate for accredited status. In addition, a school that has ceased to be a member of the EFA solely as a result of a termination for cause may continue as a member of the commission.

B. Each school shall either be accredited by the commission on accreditation or hold candidate for accredited status.

II. Candidate for accredited status

A. Candidate for accredited status is conferred on those members of EFA that, after review on the basis of the commission's standards and procedures, have been formally authorized by vote of the board of commissioners to begin the self-study process. Candidacy for accredited status is granted for a period of two years. By special action of the Board of commissioners, candidacy may be extended for one year at a time, but in no case may candidacy extend beyond a total of five years. The board of commissioners recognizes candidacy for accredited status as its official preaccredited status.

B. Criteria for candidate for accredited status

1. The applying institution shall be able to demonstrate that either it is, or by the conclusion of the self-study process will be, operating according to the commission's general institutional and institutional degree program standards and that it has the institutional capacity to evaluate its institutional and educational effectiveness.

2. The applying institution shall demonstrate that it has the resource and capacity to complete a self-study process and report satisfactorily within the normal two-year period.

C. Attaining candidate for accredited status by associate members of EFA

1. The chief administrative officer of an associate member school desiring candidacy status should notify the commission staff in writing that the school intends to petition the Board of commissioners for candidate for accredited status.