Ryan Holmes

While social media skills were once a 'nice-to-have,' accreditation in the space is becoming a requirement for many of these job titles. Hiring managers and job seekers are realizing that printing stacks of resumes is turning passe, and social media is rising as the new way of generating real-time networking opportunities.

Canadian Businessman

Lisa Madigan

Demand to know the school's accreditation. Regional accreditation is preferable to national, particularly if you want to transfer credits. Check with the certifying association or potential employer in your field to ensure successful completion of the program will actually qualify you for that job.

American Public Servant

Joshua Wong

For generations of Hong Kongers, the only means of upward mobility and the only way to meaningfully contribute to society have been to obtain a respectable university degree (preferably in business administration) and a professional accreditation (in finance, accounting, law or medicine).

Chinese Activist

Terry Glavin

Chia Chang, the Washington correspondent for the privately owned Taipei news organization 'United Daily News,' was told to leave the ICAO building after producing a Taiwanese passport to ICAO media accreditation officials. Canada recognizes Taiwanese passports. Beijing does not.

Canadian Author

Ralph Steadman

Hunter and I never got proper journalistic accreditation to go anywhere. Nobody was giving us passes to go in here or there. We always had to somehow talk our way in.

British Cartoonist

Richard Sherman

My school almost lost its accreditation. If that had happened, my diploma wouldn't have been worth anything.

American Athlete

Shows that a program meets specific, high-quality standards.

Official Recognition

Accreditation signifies a trustworthy and valid program.

Trustworthy Programs

Gaining accreditation often increases a program's reputation.

Enhanced Reputation

A degree from an accredited institution can be important for job eligibility.

Employment Eligibility

Accreditation assures the quality and relevance of education.

Quality Assurance

Accredited courses are more likely to have transferable credits.

Transfer Credits

Professional accreditation adds credibility to one's expertise.

Professional Credibility

It's a confirmation that a service or organization meets established standards.

Up to Standards

Accreditation can boost customers' confidence in a company.

Customer Confidence

 planting and then he get accreditation like an environmental instructor because I feel that children are the best teachers in the world I feel that I'm not working I feel that I am just doing why I really love

Her "Classroom" is an...

 With this accreditation, it's our time now to scale up. We have demonstrated that our model works. I invite universities and, even more important, developing countries' governments,