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  • Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs, 2013

    Metadata Updated: November 10, 2020

    Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs, 2013 (APIP 2013), is a data collection that is part of the Accredited Postsceondary Institutions and Programs (APIP) program; program data is available since 2011 at . APIP 2013 (https://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/index.aspx) is a cross-sectional data collection that queries the the universe of 61 recognized accrediting agencies about their accrediting behaviors. The data collection is conducted using a web-based entry system where accrediting agencies may submit information electronically. Both recognized accrediting agencies and state approval agencies were sampled. Key statistics produced from this study are on the number of accredited institutions and programs, the types of accreditation, and the accreditation process.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons CCZero

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    References

    https://www2.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html
    https://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/FAQAccr.aspx
    https://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/FAQInstAccr.aspx
    https://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/Glossary.aspx

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 10, 2020
    Data Update Frequency R/P0.25Y

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Education JSON

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 10, 2020
    Publisher Office of Postsecondary Education
    Maintainer
    Identifier OPE_2013003
    Data First Published 2013-03-21
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2015-03-16
    Public Access Level public
    Data Update Frequency R/P0.25Y
    Bureau Code 018:40
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://www2.ed.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Data Quality True
    Harvest Object Id 4ff36a6d-42db-4c11-a555-e22b240e8074
    Harvest Source Id 2a5c4dd8-eda9-4f03-abc3-fff8cfb80fc6
    Harvest Source Title Education JSON
    Homepage URL https://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/index.aspx
    License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
    Program Code 018:000
    Publisher Hierarchy U.S. Government > U.S. Department of Education > Office of Postsecondary Education
    Related Documents https://www2.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html, https://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/FAQAccr.aspx, https://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/FAQInstAccr.aspx, https://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/Glossary.aspx
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 1906c2984186b10828d0157e96cde051ee923630
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial United States
    Temporal 2013/P1Y

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