Accreditation

Lewis & Clark is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU). Lewis & Clark is a member of the American Council on Education, the Association of American Colleges, the College Entrance Examination Board, and the Northwest Association of Private Colleges and Universities. Lewis & Clark is on the approved lists of the American Chemical Society and the American Association of University Women.

Graduate programs in education and counseling psychology are approved and accredited by the appropriate associations and agencies including:

• Council for Accreditation of Counseling & Related Educational Programs CACREP
• Commission on Accreditation for Marriage & Family Therapy Education COAMFTE
  
• National Association of School Psychologists  NASP
• National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education  NCATE
• Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists  OBLPCT
• Oregon Teacher Standards and Practices Commission  TSPC

All NCATE accredited institutions are required to include the following statement in their publications: The Graduate School of Education and Counseling at Lewis & Clark College is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), www.ncate.org. This accreditation covers initial teacher preparation programs and advanced educator preparation programs. However, the accreditation does not include individual education courses that the institution offers to P-12 educators for professional development, relicensure, or other purposes.

Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) covers Professional Mental Health Counseling (formerly Community Counseling) and Professional Mental Health Counseling—Addictions (formerly Addiction Studies) programs, which are currently accredited under the 2001 standards for Community Counseling Programs.