accreditation

[uh-kred-i-tey-shuhn]

noun

1. the act of giving official authority or approval, or the resulting status; certification.

   Today they officially opened the process of accreditation for media wanting to cover World Youth Day.

2. the act of certifying an educational institution or program as meeting all official formal requirements of academic excellence, facilities, curriculum, etc.; the status of being so certified.

   Universities applying for membership in the association must have undergone, at the national or regional level, a process of quality assurance or accreditation.

3. the act of attributing or ascribing some quality, status, or action to a person or thing.

   His other poems added to his accreditation as a first-class poet.

Other Word Forms

• reaccreditation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of accreditation¹

accredit ( def. ) + -ation ( def. )

Example Sentences

The Los Angeles Film School is at the center of a whistleblower lawsuit from two former executives who allege the institution unlawfully collected government funds in an elaborate accreditation scheme.

From Los Angeles Times

Woodson said the bill has created a culture of self-censorship in her classes, threatened the accreditation of her program, and cheapened her academic experience.

From Salon

His ability to work as a police officer in California is suspended, accreditation records show, but without a felony conviction it could be restored.

From Los Angeles Times

Kevin Lowbrera, who works for one of the big "body broking" companies, says its accreditation by the American Association of Tissue Banks means it has to follow guidelines determining how cadavers are treated and stored.

From BBC

The 25-year-old woman was on a scholarship in northern France's city of Lille and will have to leave the country after her university withdrew her accreditation.

From BBC

Related Words

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