Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
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Abbreviation | M.S.A.S.C. or M.S.A. |
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Formation | 1887 |
Legal status | Association |
Purpose | Educational Accreditation |
Headquarters | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Region served | Delaware, District of Columbia - (Washington, D.C.), Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands |
Board President | John Cavanaugh |
Main organ | Board of Trustees |
Website | msa-cess.org/ |
The Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (Middle States Association or M.S.A.) is a voluntary, peer-based, non-profit association that performs peer evaluation and regional accreditation of public and private secondary/high schools and elementary schools in the Mid-Atlantic United States and certain foreign institutions of American origin.
Its headquarters are in Center City, Philadelphia.[1]
Region and scope
The "Middle States Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools" (M.S.A.-C.E.S.S.) accredits public and private schools as well as school systems throughout the United States and it states it is active in more than 85 countries around the world.[2]
MSA used to accredit colleges and universities through its higher education commission. In 2013, that commission — the Middle States Commission on Higher Education — became a legally separate entity.
See also
References
- ↑ Home page. Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Retrieved on May 12, 2015. "200 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19104"
- ↑ MSA-CESS website, retrieved June 3, 2014.