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The American Academy for Liberal Education (AALE) is constituted to serve as a specialized accrediting body utilizing a peer-review process to evaluate the educational quality of liberal arts programming and to advance excellence in liberal arts learning worldwide.

The American Academy for Liberal Education (AALE) welcomes readers to its on-line resource, What is Liberal Education?, a collection of essays and commentaries on topics of interest pertaining to the value and practice of liberal education and addressing the question: What is liberal education?

Using the AALE Standards, post-secondary liberal arts programs benefit from engaging in a comprehensive self-study to explain how effectively the program realizes its stated liberal arts mission and meets standards of excellence for liberal arts learning. Successful applicants are publically recognized and join a membership dedicated to sharing ...

The American Academy of Liberal Education (AALE) is governed by a Board of Trustees, a body of elected members. The Board is responsible for establishing accreditation standards and AALE policy; making accreditation decisions; and supporting the integrity of liberal education by fostering discussions on the educational substance of liberal arts ...

The American Academy for Liberal Education (AALE) accreditation process and guiding policies and procedures are based on recognized and accepted practices utilized by educational accrediting organizations nationwide. The AALE Standards are the basis of the accreditation review process.

AALE has opened a new Affiliate membership category for post-secondary programs, non-profit academic centers, institutes and organizations with mission statements and activities aligned with AALE’s commitment to advance excellence in liberal education.

AALE achieves its mission by articulating standards designed to support excellence in liberal arts learning and teaching, offering rigorous peer-review accreditation, and fostering dialogue on the ends and means of quality liberal arts education.

The American Academy for Liberal Education (AALE) is a specialized accreditor with standards designed for programmatic accreditation of post-secondary U.S. and international liberal arts core curricula, general education and specific liberal arts programs through the …

Accreditation in the United States is a peer-review process. All accreditors verify that respective members meet established standards in an area of education. AALE provides peer-review accreditation based on standards that support and recognize …