Accreditation
Listed below are the accreditation name(s) of the national specialized accrediting organizations that accredit Kean University and its programs.
Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN)
American Chemical Society (ACS)
American Occupational Therapy Association, Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy (AOTA)
American Psychology Association (APA)
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Council on Academic Accreditation (ASHA)
Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI)
Commission on Accreditation of Health Information and Information Management Education (CAHIIM)
Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE)
Note: Effective May 2016, Kean University has been granted Candidate for Accreditation status by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE). Candidate for Accreditation is a pre-accreditation status of affiliation with CAPTE that indicates that the program is progressing toward accreditation and may matriculate students in technical/professional courses.
Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE)
Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC) of ABET (Union campus only)
Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP)
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP)
Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA)
Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)
Educational Leadership Constituent Council (ELCC)
International Literacy Association (ILA)
Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)
National Association for Sport & Physical Education (NASPE)
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)
National Association of Schools of Art & Design (NASAD)
National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)
National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST)
National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs and Administration (NASPAA)
New Jersey Commission on Higher Education (NJCHE)
More information is available on The Office of Accreditation and Assessment homepage http://www.kean.edu/KU/Office-of-Accreditation-and-Assessment.