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The North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA) is one of six regional accreditation organizations recognized by the United States Department of Education and Council for Higher Education Accreditation. Founded in 1895, the NCA accredits over 10,000 public and private educational institutions serving nineteen Midwestern, South-Central and a few Western states, including: Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

The NCA is organized into two distinct Commissions. The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) oversees the accreditation of degree-granting colleges and universities. The Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (CASI) accredits a wide variety of educational institutions, ranging from early childhood, elementary, middle, and secondary schools to adult-vocational, college preparatory, and non-degree granting post-secondary institutions.

NCA's monthly newsletter Exchanges, available online contains information on accreditation sanctions, changes in policy, and board members.

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State of Arkansas

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Nickname(s): The Natural State (current),
The Land of Opportunity (former)
Motto(s): Regnat Populus (The People Rule)

Official language(s) English


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Living Symbols
 -Animal Ringtail Cat
 -Bird Cactus Wren
 -Butterfly Two-Tailed Swallowtail
 -Fish Apache Trout
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State of Colorado

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Nickname(s): The Centennial State
Motto(s): Nil sine numine

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Capital Denver
Largest city Denver

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State of Iowa

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Nickname(s): The Tall Corn State, The Hawkeye State
Motto(s): Our liberties we prize and our rights
we will maintain

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State of Illinois

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Nickname(s): Land of Lincoln; The Prairie State
Motto(s): State sovereignty, national union

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Nickname(s): The Hoosier State

Motto(s): The Crossroads of America

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Capital Indianapolis (785,597)

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State of Kansas

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Nickname(s): The Sunflower State
Motto(s): Ad astra per aspera

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Capital Topeka
Largest city Wichita
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Nickname(s): The Wolverine State,
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Nickname(s): North Star State,
The Land of 10,000 Lakes, The Gopher State
Motto(s): L'Étoile du Nord (French: The Star of the North)

Capital Saint Paul

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Nickname(s): The Show Me State
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Motto(s): Salus populi suprema lex esto
Before Statehood Known as
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Nickname(s): Peace Garden State,
Roughrider State, Flickertail State
Motto(s): Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable;
Strength from the soil
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State of Nebraska

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Nickname(s): Cornhusker State
Motto(s): Equality before the law

Official language(s) English

Capital Lincoln
Largest city Omaha

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State of New Mexico

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Nickname(s): Land of Enchantment / Tierra del Encanto
Motto(s): Crescit eundo

Capital Santa Fe
Largest city Albuquerque
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State of Ohio

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Nickname(s): The Buckeye State,
"Birthplace of Aviation" "The Heart Of It All"
Motto(s): With God, all things are possible

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Nickname(s): Sooner State
Motto(s): Labor omnia vincit (Latin: Labor conquers all things)

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Nickname(s): The Mount Rushmore State (official),
The Sunshine State
Motto(s): Under God the people rule

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Nickname(s): Mountain State
Motto(s): Montani semper liberi

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Capital Charleston
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Nickname(s): Badger State, America's Dairyland
Motto(s): Forward

Official language(s) None

Capital Madison
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Nickname(s): Equality State, Cowboy State,
Motto(s): Equal rights

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The Higher Learning Commission is part of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The Higher Learning Commission oversees the accreditation of degree-granting colleges and universities in nineteen Midwestern and South-Central states, including Arkansas, Arizona,
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