Alabama Commission on Higher Education and Alabama Community College System, Private School Licensure Division

Provide important web links:

• Home Page web link   Alabama Commission on Higher Education (ache.edu) and Private School Licensure – Alabama Community College System (accs.edu)
• Statutes and Regulations Page web link   Alabama Legislature (state.al.us) Note: Code of Alabama 1975, Section 16-67-1  and  Alabama ACT 2015-122
• Authorization Information Page web link  https://www.accs.edu/about-accs/private-school-licensure/approval-process/
• Application Information Page web link  https://www.accs.edu/about-accs/private-school-licensure/approval-process/
• Renewal Information Page web link  https://www.accs.edu/about-accs/private-school-licensure/approval-process/

What types of institutions are subject to this agency’s authority? Indicate the types of institutions that your agency authorizes.

• Note: Some agencies may refer to out-of-state public institutions as “private colleges” in their law.  If this is the case for your agency, please select “public, out-of-state degree granting institutions” for purposes of this Guide so that the out-of-state public institution will find appropriate information.
• Note: If your agency is a coordinating board, your agency may have one division with some authority such as program approval over in-state public institutions that are established per statute, which is structured differently than another division of your agency with state authorization authority over non-public institutions that they “license” pursuant to different statute(s).

____   Public, in-state degree granting institutions
____   Public, out-of-state degree granting institutions
_X__   Private, in-state, not-for-profit degree granting institutions
_X__   Private, out-of-state, not-for-profit degree granting institutions
_X__   Private, in-state, for-profit degree granting institutions
_X__   Private, out-of-state, for-profit degree granting institutions
____   Public, in-state, non-degree granting institutions
____   Public, out-of-state, non-degree granting institutions
_X__   Non-degree, not-for profit institutions
_X__   Non-degree, for-profit institutions
_X__   Religious institutions
_____  Tribally-controlled institutions
_____  Federal Institutions
_____  Municipal institutions

* The Commission accepts NRI applications from out-of-state public degree and non-degree institutions to determine approval of or exemption from programmatic review.

Does your agency authorize specific academic programs offered by institutions, only institutions themselves, or both?

• For example, an agency may require an institution apply for licensure for institutional approval and also require the institution to apply for specific program(s) approval.

____ Institution

_____ Program

__X__ Both

Clarifying comments:

No response provided

Does your agency require exclusively online offerings offered by out-of-state institutions to be authorized?

• Meaning as example, the state regulates an out-of-state institution for merely enrolling a student into a distance education program
• Meaning as example, a solely online program that does not have any internships and practicums

Yes

Clarifying comments

Out-of-state institutions both with and without a physical presence in Alabama that apply for authorization are required to be authorized.