Recent Decisions

As required by CEA and U.S. Department of Education policy, accreditation decisions must be made public. Decisions which appear below and in the Archive of Recent Decisions are reflected in the directory of CEA-accredited programs and institutions. The following decisions were made at the December 2024 Commission meeting.

Five-year initial accreditation
Boston International Academy (BIA) – Brighton, MA (institutional)

One-year initial accreditation
Language Systems International (LSI) South Bay – Torrance, CA (institutional)

Initial accreditation of an additional branch location through August 2026
Discovery Learning Center Manhattan – New York, NY (institutional)
EBETEC Language Academy Boca Raton – Boca Raton, FL (institutional)

Continued initial accreditation of an additional branch location through April 2028
CAMPUS Education Elmhurst – Elmhurst, NY (institutional)
Just English New York – New York, NY (institutional)
MILA Boca Raton – Deerfield Beach, FL (institutional)
MILA Jacksonville – Jacksonville, FL (institutional)

Four-year continued initial accreditation
Ideal English School (IES) – Orlando, FL (institutional)
North America Technical Institute ESL (NATI ESL) – Sterling, VA (institutional)
Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University English Language Institute – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (general)

Ten-year reaccreditation
Brenau University English Language Institute – Gainesville, GA (programmatic)
Converse International School of Languages (CISL) San Diego – San Diego, CA (institutional)
UCEDA International Danbury, CT – Danbury, CT (institutional)
Zoni Language Centers Brooklyn – Brooklyn, NY (institutional)
Zoni Language Centers Elizabeth – Elizabeth, NY (institutional)
Zoni Language Centers Flushing – Flushing, NY (institutional)
Zoni Language Centers Jackson Heights – Jackson Heights, NY (institutional)
Zoni Language Centers Manhattan – New York, NY (institutional)
Zoni Language Centers Passaic – Passaic, NJ (institutional)
Zoni Language Centers West New York – West New York, NJ (institutional)

One-year reaccreditation
ABA Language Institute – Melrose Park, PA (institutional)

Nine-year continued reaccreditation
Institute for Academic and Career English – North Palm Beach, FL (institutional)
Manhattan English Center – New York, NY (institutional)

Expiration (effective December 31, 2024)
Columbia School of English – Portland, OR (institutional)
Georgetown University English Language Center Intensive English Program – Washington, DC (programmatic)

Voluntary withdrawal from accreditation
Purdue University Northwest English Language Program – Hammond, IN (programmatic) eff. 12/31/2024
University of Missouri Kansas City Applied Language Institute – Kansas City, MO (programmatic) eff. 12/12/2024
University of North Carolina Wilmington English Language Center – Wilmington, NC (programmatic) eff. 12/20/2024
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee English Language Academy Intensive English Program – Milwaukee, WI (programmatic) eff. 12/31/2024

Probation continued
Antares Orlando - Orlando, FL (institutional)
Internexus Provo - Provo, UT (institutional)

Probation lifted
Flow Language School - Atlanta, GA (institutional)

 

Acknowledgement of Executive Committee actions
The Executive Committee acts on behalf of the full Commission in the period between meetings. The Commission accepted the following Executive Committee actions taken on behalf of the full Commission in the period between meetings.

Voluntary withdrawal from accreditation
Beckfield College (BC) English as a Second Language Program (ESLP) – Florence, KY (programmatic) eff. 11/25/2024
Portland State University Intensive English Language Program – Portland, OR (programmatic) eff. 8/30/2024

Archive:

August 2024

April 2024

December 2023

August 2023

April 2023

December 2022

August 2022

April 2022

December 2021

August 2021

April 2021

December 2020

August 2020

April 2020

December 2019

August 2019

April 2019

December 2018

August 2018

April 2018

December 2017

August 2017

April/May 2017

December 2016

 

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