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2013年02月21日來源：美國留學網(wǎng)作者：萬佳留學

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一.引言

美國是世界上擁有大學最多的國家，其中有令人神往的一流大學，也有令人頭痛的野雞大學。每年都有很多中國留學生被美國一些野雞大學騙取錢財，那么如何來辨別眾多的美國大學是不是qualified，是不是有資格授予學位證書的呢？

二.美國教育部的聲明

很多美國學校在中國招生宣傳時都說自己是美國教育部認證的。事實上，在美國教育部的官方網(wǎng)站上就明確說明了美國教育部沒有認證大學的，只是制定一些法律來規(guī)定一些認證機構(gòu)去認證大學的quality。

原文：

The U.S. Department of Education does not accredit educational institutions and/or programs. However, the Secretary of Education is required by law to publish a list of nationally recognized accrediting agencies that the Secretary determines to be reliable authorities as to the quality of education or training provided by the institutions of higher education and the higher education programs they accredit. The U.S. Secretary of Education also recognizes State agencies for the approval of public postsecondary vocational education and State agencies for the approval of nurse education.

三.美國大學的鑒定機構(gòu)

美國的大學認證機構(gòu)按地域來分有6個區(qū)域性的認證機構(gòu)，這些機構(gòu)都通過了美國教育部(Department of Education)或高等教育司(the Council for Higher Education; http://www.chea.org)的認可。這六個學位認證機構(gòu)包括中部，東部，北部，南部，西部，西北部，每一個機構(gòu)負責對該轄區(qū)的正規(guī)大專院校進行認證。這些機構(gòu)通常對整個學校進行認證，一旦一個學校經(jīng)過這些機構(gòu)的認證，代表該校的每一個科系都通過認證。

6大機構(gòu)詳細列表如下：

美國地區(qū)性認證機構(gòu)與轄區(qū)
名稱	管轄范圍（州）
中部大專院校協(xié)會 Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools http://www.css-msa.org	Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
新英格蘭大專院校協(xié)會 New England Association of Colleges and Schools http://www.neasc.org	Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
北部大專院校協(xié)會 North Central Association of Colleges and Schools http://www.ncacasi.org	Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
西北部大專院校協(xié)會 Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges http://www2.boisestate.edu/nasc	Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington
南部大專院校協(xié)會 Southern Association of Colleges and Schools http://www.sacscoc.org/index.asp	Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia
西部大專院校協(xié)會 Western Association of Schools and Colleges http://www.wascweb.org	California, Hawaii, Guam, Trust Territory of the Pacific

除了地區(qū)性的認證機構(gòu)之外，美國還有有80個專業(yè)認證機構(gòu)，專門負責就其領(lǐng)域內(nèi)對各校的某一科系認證。在一所經(jīng)過6個區(qū)域性的認證機構(gòu)認可的大學中，不一定每一個科系都經(jīng)過80個認證機構(gòu)的認證。例如加州州立大學洛杉磯分校是經(jīng)過西部大專院校協(xié)會認可的，但是該校的64個學院，科系和專業(yè)分支中，只有15個在學校通過認證的基礎上又通過了專業(yè)認證機構(gòu)的認證。幾個熱門專業(yè)的認證機構(gòu)如下：

美國主要專業(yè)認證機構(gòu)
名稱	專業(yè)
全國大專院校藝術(shù)設計協(xié)會 National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) http://www.arts-accredit.org/nasad/default.htm	藝術(shù)類專業(yè)Art
管理教育協(xié)會 The Association of Management Education http://www.aacsb.edu	商務管理專業(yè)Business Administration
美國化學協(xié)會 American Chemistry Society (ACS) http://www.chemistry.org	化學Chemistry
國家教師教育認證司 National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) http://www.ncate.org 加州認證委員會 California Committee on Accreditation (COA)	教育專業(yè)Education
科技工程認協(xié)會中的工程專業(yè)認證委員會 Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) http://www.abet.org	工程專業(yè)Engineering
全國大專院校音樂協(xié)會 National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) http://www.arts-accredit.org/nasm/nasm.htm	音樂專業(yè)Music
全國護士協(xié)會 National league for Nursing (NLN) http://www.nln.org 加州注冊護士委員會 California Board of Registered Nursing (CBRN)	護士專業(yè)Nursing
國際行為分析協(xié)會 Association for Behavior Analysis: International http://www.abainternational.org	心理學Psychology
全國大專院校公共關(guān)系和管理協(xié)會 National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) http://www.naspaa.org	公共管理專業(yè)Public Administration
社會工作教育委員會 Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) http://www.cswe.org	社會工作專業(yè)Social Work
美國演講語言聽力協(xié)會 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASLHA) http://www.asha.org	演講語言病理學專業(yè)Speech-Language Pathology聽力學專業(yè)Audiology
美國營養(yǎng)學協(xié)會 American Dietetics Association (ADA) http://www/eatright.org	營養(yǎng)學專業(yè)Dietetics

四.鑒定實例

了解了美國的認證機構(gòu)之后，當我們看到一所大學的名稱時，只要把名稱在這2個網(wǎng)址

1．http://www.chea.org/search/search.asp，

2．http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/Search.asp

上輸入，就可以看到這所大學是否qualified。例如我們輸入Duke，可以得到下面的結(jié)果：

Database of Institutions Accredited By Recognized

U.S. Accrediting Organizations

Duke University
207 Allen Building, Box 90001
Durham, NC 27708
United States
Phone: (919) 684-8111
Fax:
Web: www.duke.edu
Institutional Accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), Commission on Colleges.

2．

ACCREDITATION

Institutional Accreditation

Agency Name	Periods of Accreditation			Action
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges	1/1/1895	-		Accredited

Specialized Accreditation

Agency Name
Program Name		Periods of Accreditation		Action
American Bar Association, Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
-	Law (LAW) - Professional schools	1/1/1931	-	Accredited
American Physical Therapy Association, Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education
-	Physical Therapy (PTA) - Professional programs for the physical therapist	11/7/1943	-	Accredited
American Psychological Association, Committee on Accreditation
-	Clinical Psychology (CLPSY) - PhD Doctoral programs	2/23/1948	-	Accredited
-	Professional Psychology (IPSY) - Predoctoral internship programs	3/1/1982	-	Accredited
Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc., Accreditation Commission
-	Pastoral Education (PAST) - Clinical pastoral education (CPE) centers and CPE and supervisory CPE programs	10/23/1974	-	Accredited
Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada, Commission on Accrediting
-	Theology (THEOL) - Freestanding schools, as well as programs affiliated with larger institutions, offering graduate professional education for ministry and graduate study of theology	*7/1/1939	-	Accredited
Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education
-	Health Services Administration (HSA) - Graduate programs in health services administration	*7/1/1989	-	Accredited
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
-	Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels	10/3/2003	-	Accredited
-	Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the graduate degree levels	10/3/2003	-	Accredited
Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs
-	Nurse Anesthesia (ANEST) - Institutions and programs at the certificate, master's, or doctoral degree level	10/7/2000	-	Accredited
Liaison Committee on Medical Education
-	Medicine (MED) - Programs leading to the M.D. degree	7/1/1942	-	Accredited
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
-	Teacher Education (TED) - Baccalaureate and graduate programs for the preparation of teachers and other professional personnel for elementary and secondary schools	1/1/1991	-	Accredited