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Accreditations, Endorsements and Distinctions
The mark of any quality higher education institution's academic programs is its ability to receive and maintain accreditation, endorsement or distinction by nationally known and respected agencies, accrediting bodies and ranking programs.  Among these measures of quality and distinction are those below (rankings listed are among those in the rater's current ranking/evaluation cycle):
 
Organization
Affected Area(s) or Disciplines
 
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS  link to external web site)
Bachelor's, first professional, master's, educational specialist and doctorate degrees
 
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE  link to external web site)
All programs preparing teachers and other professional school personnel
Alabama State Board of Education
All programs preparing teachers and other professional school personnel
National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC link to external web site)
All programs preparing teachers and other professional school personnel
U.S.News and World Report "2009 Best Graduate Programs"
No. 71 nationally (top 25 percent of of 278 schools and 50th and 24th among public and land-grant institutions, respectively) in 2009 [more]
 
National Association of Schools of Music
(NASM  link to external web site)
Music Education programs
 
Full Member, University Council for Education Administration (UCEA link to external web site)
Educational Administration programs
 
American College of Sports Medicine, University Connection Program endorsement (ACSM  link to external web site)
Health Promotion program
American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education(AAKPE link to external web site)
No. 28 nationally for its doctoral programs in 2006
 
American Psychological Association
(APA  link to external web site)
Counseling Psychology doctoral program
Council on Rehabilitation Education
(CORE  link to external web site)
Rehabilitation Education graduate program
Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP  link to external web site)
School Counseling master's program; Community Agency Counseling master's program; Counselor Education doctoral program
U.S.News and World Report Health Disciplines / Rehabilitation Counseling
No. 17 nationally (14th among public institutions; current ranking period: 2007-2009) [more link to external web site]
 

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