Accreditation

The Commission of the Council on Occupational Education (COE) granted accreditation to Court Reporting Institute of Louisiana in September 2003. The award of accreditation status is based on an evaluation to demonstrate that the institution meets not only the standards of quality of the Commission, but also the needs of students, the community, and employers.

The Commission's evaluation process includes an extensive self-study by the institution and an intensive review by a visiting team of professional educators representing the Commission's member institutions from other states.

The Council on Occupational Education, based in Atlanta, Georgia, offers quality assurance services to postsecondary workforce education providers across the nation. Organized as a non-profit corporation, the mission of the Council is to assure quality and integrity in career and workforce development. Services offered include institutional accreditation (recognized by the U.S. Department of Education), program quality reviews for states and workforce education providers, and informational services. Most of the Council's work is carried out by qualified professional volunteers who are experts in workforce education.

Institutional membership in the Council is voluntary, but can be achieved only by becoming accredited. The Council's current membership makes it unique. Members include postsecondary public technical institutes, specilized military and national defense schools, Job Corps Centers, private career schools, non-profit workforce education providers, corporate and industry education units, and federal agency institutions. No other agency accredits and serves the diversity of orgnaizations served by the Council. There are approximately 370 institutional members at the present time.