The Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (Middle States Association or MSA) was a voluntary, peer-based,

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association that performed peer evaluation and regional

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of public and private schools in the Mid-Atlantic United States and certain foreign institutions of American origin. Prior to 2013, it comprised three separate commissions: *

Middle States Commission on Higher Education The Middle States Commission on Higher Education (abbreviated as MSCHE and legally incorporated as the Mid-Atlantic Region Commission on Higher Education) is a voluntary, peer-based, non-profit membership organization that performs peer evalua ...

(MSCHE) * Middle States Commission on Elementary Schools (MSCES) * Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools (MSCSS) The higher education commission, MSCHE, and the other two commissions now operate independently. The MSCES and the MSCSS operate together as an organization sometimes known as the MSA-CESS. The accreditation of post-secondary schools by the MSCSS is limited to those that do not confer degrees or offer technical programs.

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The "Middle States Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools" (M.S.A.-C.E.S.S.) accredits "nearly" 2600

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and

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and school systems throughout the United States and in more than 100 countries around the world.MSA-CESS website
retrieved August 15, 2021. MSA used to accredit colleges and universities through its higher education commission. In 2013, that commission — the

— became a legally separate entity.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Middle States Association Of Colleges And Schools School accreditors College and university associations and consortia in the United States Educational organizations based in the United States

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