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 August 2024 Commission meeting.

One-year initial accreditation
US Ling Institute - Murray, UT (institutional)
Face to Face Languages - Doral, FL (institutional)

Initial accreditation of an additional branch location through April 2026
AmLotus Language School, Inc. - Philadelphia, PA (institutional)
EBETEC Language Academy Fort Myers - Fort Myers, FL (institutional)
Language On Boston - Boston, MA (institutional)
Mega Science of Technology Learn English Language - New York, NY (institutional)
TLC Sarasota - Sarasota, FL (institutional)
Zoni Language Centers Orlando – Orlando, FL (institutional)*
Zoni Language Centers Port Chester – Port Chester, NY (institutional)*
Zoni Language Centers Tampa – Tampa, FL (institutional)*

*Note: The above decisions were made at the October 2024 virtual Commission meeting.

Continued initial accreditation of an additional branch location through August 2027
USA English Language Center - Florida (USA ELC - Florida) - Miami Beach, FL (institutional)

Four-year continued initial accreditation
Florida Atlantic University Intensive English Institute - Boca Raton, FL (programmatic)
LUMOS Language School - Salt Lake City, UT (institutional)

Ten-year reaccreditation
Al Akhawayn University Intensive English Program - Ifrane, Morocco (general)
Full Sail University Intensive English Program - Winter Park, FL (programmatic)
Gannon University Office of English Language and Global Training ESL Program - Erie, PA (programmatic)
Institute of Intensive English - Honolulu, HI (institutional)
Kansas State University English Language Program - Manhattan, KS (programmatic)
Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute - Spokane, WA (institutional)
Pennsylvania State University Intensive English Communication Program (IECP) - University Park, PA (programmatic)

One-year reaccreditation
University of Toledo American Language Institute - Toledo, OH (programmatic)
YOUSA Learning Institute - Orlando, FL (institutional)

Nine-year continued reaccreditation
Austin ESL School (formerly ACES Learning Center) - Austin, TX (institutional)
University of North Carolina Charlotte English Language Training Institute - Charlotte, NC (programmatic)

Withdrawal of accreditation
Taif University English Language Centre - Taif, Saudi Arabia (general)

Expiration (effective August 31, 2024)
Hellenic American Union Center for Applied Linguistics and Language Studies - Athens, Greece (general)
San Jose State University Academic and Test Program - San Jose, CA (programmatic)
Spring International Language Center, University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, AR (institutional)
Spring International Language Center - Littleton, CO (institutional)

Voluntary withdrawal from accreditation 
AlFaisal International Academy - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (general)

Placed on probation
Antares Orlando - Orlando, FL (institutional)
Internexus Provo - Provo, UT (institutional)
Spanish American Institute - New York, NY (institutional)

Probation continued
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
Massachusetts International Academy - Marlborough, MA (institutional) eff. 05/22/2024
Ugarit Linguistic Institute - Tampa, FL (institutional) eff. 07/02/2024
University of West Virginia Intensive English Program - Morgantown, WV (programmatic) eff. 5/09/2024

Voluntary withdrawal from accreditation (closure)
CCLS (Cultural Center for Language Studies) Orlando - Orlando, FL (institutional) eff. 07/02/2024
Language Consultants International (LCI) Denver - Denver, CO (institutional) eff. 06/11/2024
Language Pacifica - San Mateo, CA (institutional) eff. 07/02/2024
San Francisco Bay University Intensive English Program - Fremont, CA (programmatic) eff. 6/30/2024

 

 

 

Executive Committee actions
The Executive Committee acts on behalf of the full Commission in the period between meetings. The Executive Committee has accepted the following notifications of voluntary withdrawal.

Voluntary withdrawal from accreditation
Beckfield College English as a Second Language Program - Florence, KY (programmatic) eff. 11/25/2024
Portland State University Intensive English Language Program – Portland, OR (programmatic) eff. 08/31/2024

Archive:

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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