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• n  the act of granting credit or recognition (especially with respect to educational institution that maintains suitable standards)
  a commission is responsible for the accreditation of medical schools

• To help bolster its reputation, the school obtained accreditation from both regional standard bearers and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), the .
• Several foreign correspondents have been arrested for working without accreditation in the past few weeks (Zimbabwe routinely denies accreditation to almost all foreign reporters).
• Ten days after undergoing a surprise review, aFlorida hospital plagued by disastrous mistakeslost the accreditation needed to continue receiving Medicare payments.

News & Articles

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• Buzzfeed is getting sued for millions over photo accreditation
  Buzzfeed's photo accreditation policy is landing it in hot water as another photographer says he'll sue for millions over the use an image he captured.
  June 19, 2013 - Digital Trends
• MCC seeks to get back on track with physical therapy accreditation
  Mohave Community College’s Physical Therapy Assistant program is facing accreditation issues, though administrators are optimistic that a new director will get things back on track.
  June 19, 2013 - Today's News-Herald
• Advocate Good Shepherd cancer care earns accreditation
  The Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital Center for Cancer Care received a 3 Year accreditation with commendation from the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons.
  June 18, 2013 - Daily Herald

Quotes

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• Gary Doer in National Post
  We believe working people and their families do not want a situation where they have to go through 13 separate accreditation processes, but rather one accreditation process,Mr. Doer told reporters.
• Kapil Sibal in Economic Times
  Mr Sibal, who has stressed on the need for transparency in the education sector, said: "We will explore the possibility of setting up an independent accreditation authority. At present there is no accreditation policy on schools. If any child goes...
• Peter Beattie in Melbourne Herald Sun
  To have a national system of accreditation is light years ahead of what we had,Mr Beattie said. "This accreditation system is a very significant advance and I am delighted to have been at a COAG (meeting) that made that decision."