Accreditation, Approvals, Memberships, and Affiliations
The University of Jamestown is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. You can obtain or review accreditation documents by contacting the Higher Learning Commission at the address provided below:
The Higher Learning Commission
230 South LaSalle Street, Suite 7-500
Chicago, Illinois 60604-1411
Phone: 800-621-7440/312-263-0456
Fax: 312-263-7462
info@hlcommission.org http://www.hlcommission.org/
The University of Jamestown has been continuously accredited since 1920. Its teacher education program is approved by the Education Standards & Practices Board of North Dakota; and its nursing program is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) and by the State Board of Nursing Education and Nursing Licensure.
The Physical Therapy Program at the University of Jamestown is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), 3030 Potomac Ave., Suite 100, Alexandria, Virginia 22305-3085; telephone: 703-706-3245; email: accreditation@apta.org; website: http://www.capteonline.org
The University also holds memberships in the Association of Presbyterian Colleges and Universities, the Council of Independent Colleges, and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. The University also has a number of affiliation and consortium agreements with medical facilities that provide clinical experience for its students.
State Authorization and Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA): NC-SARA is an agreement among member states, districts, and territories that establishes comparable national standards for interstate offering of postsecondary distance education courses and programs. It is intended to make it easier for students to take online courses offered by postsecondary institutions based in another state. NC-SARA is overseen by a National Council and administered by four regional education compacts. The members of NC-SARA are states, not institutions or students. Therefore, a state “joins” or becomes a “member” of NC-SARA while a college or university “operates under” or “participates in” NC-SARA. NC-SARA pertains to approval of distance education courses and programs offered across state lines by institutions that already have degree authorization in at least one state. What NC-SARA does is centralize the authorization process for each institution in a single state called the institution’s “home state.” Colleges or universities in an NC-SARA state therefore only need their home state authorization to offer distance education to any other NC-SARA member state.