Alternative Healthcare, Intuitive Counseling Education, Spirituality Studies

Accreditation

HOLOS UNIVERSITY ACCREDITATION
Holos University Graduate Seminary is an official graduate school of the All Faiths Church of Spirituality and Health and operates in compliance with the laws of the State of Missouri. HU's Official Catalog is submitted for annual review to the Missouri Board of Higher Education, renewing HU's right to indicate that the university continues to operate in accordance with the laws of the State of Missouri. Missouri does not provide accreditation as such.
Holos University is committed to pursuing the accreditation process through an official accrediting organization. We have structured our programs and prepared our syllabi and other documents and procedures to conform to rules and regulations that guide graduate programs at most accredited North American universities. Accreditation is a long-range goal, but Holos University maintains a commitment to becoming a fully accredited University, accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. To this end, we retain the services of one of the most experienced Site Visitors for health-related studies with years of experience working with the North Central Association; he also sits on the All Faith’s Board of Directors.

PROGRAMMATIC ACCREDITATION
Accrediting agencies that are registered with the Department of Education do not, in general, accredit the academic programs offered by an institution. Rather they are concerned with institutional administrative policies and procedures. Thus, they normally suggest to a college or university that their various distinctive programs each have their own separate programmatic accreditation through another agency.

ACCREDITATION
Holos University Graduate Seminary is an official graduate school of the All Faiths Church of Spirituality and Health and operates in compliance with the laws of the State of Missouri. HU's Official Catalog is submitted for annual review to the Missouri Board of Higher Education, renewing HU's right to indicate that the university continues to operate in accordance with the laws of the State of Missouri. Missouri does not provide accreditation as such.
Holos University has been granted programmatic accreditation from the New Thought Accreditation Commission (NTAC) http://www.newthoughtac.org This accreditation involved an assessment of its programs in regards to educational quality, faculty standards, and outcomes measures. An NTAC review team made up of experts in the field of accreditation visited HU in 2006 as part of this thorough review. NTAC is actively seeking recognition by the US Department of Education (USDE). It is recognition by the Department of Education that guarantees enrolled students the availability of student loans.

GENERAL REVIEW - ACCREDITATION
Accreditation is not required in the United States for universities to operate legally as degree-awarding institutions. In the US, accreditation with an independent association of schools is an optional, not mandatory, course of action that universities may or may not choose to establish. Most countries do not have independent university accreditation organizations; rather, assessment is performed by a government educational regulating organization, similar to the Missouri Board of Higher Education, which grants legality.  The US Department of Education (USDE) does not grant accreditation; furthermore, accreditation organizations in the US are not USDE governed. The US accreditation organizations are private institutionalized boards that grant a peer-review status of “accreditation” to universities who choose to submit to their board review process. Most countries do not have private organizations that review and approve universities as “accredited.” USDE advises that their listing not be used as the only document on which any decision is made but many users ignore that advice.  The biggest single benefit of accreditation by a USDE recognized accrediting agency is the ease of opportunity for students to apply for government-guaranteed financial aid. HU is committed to achieving accreditation that is recognized officially by USDE and we are pursuing several avenues to accomplish that objective. Accreditation is always retroactive to cover degrees granted prior to achieving USDE recognized accreditation.  NOTE: Transfer of credits between all universities, whether regionally accredited or State approved, is normally dictated by the policies of each receiving university office of the registrar. For further details about accreditation go to: http://www.holosuniversity.org/about/accreditation/ If you still have questions write to: FacultyDean@HolosUniversity.org or call 888-272 6109.