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    Leading by Advancing Standards

    CEA’s mission is to protect the interests of students and promote excellence in the field of English language teaching and administration through accreditation of English language programs and institutions worldwide. CEA achieves its mission by advancing widely-held standards to foster student success and continuous program development through a rigorous process of regular self-assessment and peer evaluation.

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  • Programs and institutions accredited by the Commission on English Language Program Accreditation.

Notifications

An accredited site must promptly notify CEA of the following events set forth in Section 8.2 Notifications to CEA:

  1. Change of primary contact
  2. Change of program or institution name
    • A change to the program or institution’s name will be amended on the CEA Directory of Accredited Sites on the CEA website, with the name under which the site was originally accredited included in the listing for six months.
  3. Closure of an accredited site
    • Closure of an accredited program or institution will be accepted by the Commission and public and agency notifications will be made. The closure will be included in notifications of Commission decisions within 10 days following the closure effective date.
  4. Closure of an auxiliary location
  5. Intent to let the current term of accreditation expire at least one year prior to the end date of the site’s current term of accreditation 
  6. Any substantive change as described in Section 9: Substantive Change
  7. Any change in state licensure or exemption status
  8. Any adverse action against the site by other accrediting agencies, or federal or state agencies. An accredited program must notify CEA of any such pending or final actions against the institution in which it resides.
  9. Any change that may affect the site’s compliance with CEA’s eligibility requirements, including extended operational hiatus.

CEA may withdraw the eligibility of a site, withdraw accreditation of a site, or take other action based on such notification if compliance with CEA’s policies is affected by the notification, and if necessary, after implementing the due process procedures described in Section 12: Advisory and Adverse Actions

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