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Foreign Student Series: Accreditation Explained
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This is the VOA Special English Education Report.

Now, we continue our Foreign Student Series for those of you considering an American college or university.

One of the things you should make sure of is that the work you do will be recognized in your own country. Employers and schools are more likely to accept your American education if it came from an accredited program.

Accreditation is a process used for quality control. Across the United States, there are eighty accrediting agencies for higher education. These are private, nonprofit organizations. They develop educational goals, then examine schools to make sure the goals are met.

The first step is for a college or university to ask for accreditation. The school then measures its performance against the requirements.

After that, the accrediting agency sends a team of specialists to decide whether or not the school meets the standards. Accredited schools are observed every few years to see how they are doing.

Accrediting organizations must be recognized by either the federal government or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. Almost half of all the agencies are recognized by both CHEA and the United States Department of Education.

Higher education groups created CHEA in nineteen ninety-six. But students who want to receive federal student aid must attend a school accredited by a government-recognized agency.

Foreign students might wonder why they should care much about all this. After all, foreign students in most cases do not receive aid from the United States government.

But accreditation is also meant to tell employers that your studies met a set of quality standards. And accreditation can make it easier to move credits from one school to another.

Seven thousand institutions and more than nineteen thousand programs were accredited by American organizations last year. Among them were almost five hundred foreign colleges, as well as foreign campuses of American universities.

All accredited schools and programs can be found on the CHEA Web site, chea.org. It also has advice about how to avoid worthless educational programs and accrediting agencies. We will talk more about that subject next week.

And that's the VOA Special English Education Report, written by Nancy Steinbach. Our Foreign Student Series is online at voaspecialenglish.com. I'm Steve Ember.

 

 

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Foreign Student Series: Accreditation Explained

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.

Now, we continue our Foreign Student Series for those of you considering an American college or university.

미국 college나 university의 입학을 염두에 두고 있는 분들을 위해서 유학생 시리즈를 연재합니다.

One of the things you should make sure of is that the work you do will be recognized in your own country. Employers and schools are more likely to accept your American education if it came from an accredited program.

여러분이 확실히 짚고 넘어가야 하는 점은 미국에서의 학업이 고국에서 인정을 받아야 한다는 것입니다. 고용주나 학교들은 여러분이 신뢰할 만한 프로그램을 이수했다면 여러분이 받은 교육을 인정할 가능성이 더욱 높습니다.

Accreditation is a process used for quality control. Across the United States, there are eighty accrediting agencies for higher education. These are private, nonprofit organizations. They develop educational goals, then examine schools to make sure the goals are met.

인가라는 말은 질적 수준을 규제하는데 사용되는 일련의 과정입니다. 미국 전역에는 80개의 고등교육 인가기관이 있습니다. 이 기관들은 민간 비영리단체입니다. 이곳에서 교육적 목표를 개발하고 학교가 목표를 달성했는지를 평가합니다.

The first step is for a college or university to ask for accreditation. The school then measures its performance against the requirements.

첫 번째 단계로 college나 university가 인가를 신청합니다. 그 후 학교는 (인가를 얻기 위한) 요구조건의 이행도를 평가합니다.

After that, the accrediting agency sends a team of specialists to decide whether or not the school meets the standards. Accredited schools are observed every few years to see how they are doing.

그 후 인가 기관이 학교가 정해진 기준을 충족부합하는지를 판단하기 위해 전문가로 구성된 팀을 보냅니다. 인가를 받은 학교는 진행상황 파악을 위해 감사를 받습니다.

Accrediting organizations must be recognized by either the federal government or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. Almost half of all the agencies are recognized by both CHEA and the United States Department of Education.

인가기관은 연방정부나 고등교육 인증 자문위원회(CHEA) 두 곳 중 한 곳에서는 반드시 승인을 받아야 합니다. 모든 기관 중 거의 절반이 CHEA와 미국 교육청 두 곳에서 승인을 받았습니다.

Higher education groups created CHEA in nineteen ninety-six. But students who want to receive federal student aid must attend a school accredited by a government-recognized agency.

고등교육 단체들이 1996년 CHEA를 설립했습니다. 그러나 연방학생 보조금을 받기를 원하는 학생들은 정부에서 인정을 받은 기관이 인가를 내어준 학교에 다녀야만 합니다.

Foreign students might wonder why they should care much about all this. After all, foreign students in most cases do not receive aid from the United States government.

유학생인 우리가 왜 이런 것들에 신경을 써야 하는지 궁금해 할지도 모릅니다. 결국 대부분의 경우 유학생들은 미국 정부로부터 보조금을 받을 수 없으니까요.

But accreditation is also meant to tell employers that your studies met a set of quality standards. And accreditation can make it easier to move credits from one school to another.

하지만 ‘인가’는 고용주들에게 여러분의 받은 학업의 질적 수준이 일정 범위의 기준에 도달했다는 사실을 알려줍니다. 그리고 인가를 통해 한 학교에서 이수한 학점을 다른 학교로 더 쉽게 옮길 수 있습니다.

Seven thousand institutions and more than nineteen thousand programs were accredited by American organizations last year. Among them were almost five hundred foreign colleges, as well as foreign campuses of American universities.

작년에는 7천개의 학교와 1만 5천개 이상의 프로그램이 미국 기관들의 인가를 받았습니다. 이 중에 5백여 곳에 달하는 외국 대학교뿐만 아니라 미국 대학교의 해외 캠퍼스가 있습니다.

All accredited schools and programs can be found on the CHEA Web site, chea.org. It also has advice about how to avoid worthless educational programs and accrediting agencies. We will talk more about that subject next week.

인가를 받은 모든 학교와 프로그램은 CHEA 웹 사이트(chea.org)에서 찾아 볼 수 있습니다. 이 사이트에는 무익한 교육 프로그램과 인가기관들을 피하는 방법에 대한 조언이 게제되어 있습니다.

And that's the VOA Special English Education Report, written by Nancy Steinbach. Our Foreign Student Series is online at voaspecialenglish.com. I'm Steve Ember.

 

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