AACTS principles

1To provide educationally sound study programs that are high quality, effective and current.
2To maintain ethical, fair and clear advertising, enrollment and admission practices by accurately representing AACTS.
3To provide student counseling and motivational programs which recognize individual differences and ensure student retention, graduation and employability.
4To establish net benefits of private training programs through satisfied students.
5To maintain effective peer review systems to ensure ethical and proper administration of financial operations of the institution.
6To advance the concept of self-regulation that is inherent in the accreditation process.
7To show commitment to educational services through participation and community involvement.
8To demonstrate the effectiveness of private education, and provide essential skills for a productive American work force.
9To promote continuing education of the highest integrity and quality.

 

Mission

Our mission is to promote and inspire high quality continuing education and training. By establishing standards and assuring integrity in the accreditation process, we.
Business mechanism systemWhat is career and technical education? CTE has a rich and varied history in the United States. Today, CTE has grown into a broad educational system that prepare workers for a variety of challenging careers from a limited amount of vocational programs available just a short time ago. Diverse subject areas are evolving constantly due to the changing global economy.

What does CTE offer students?

  • Relevance to the real world of work in academic subjects
  • Job-related skills, employability skills, workplace ethics knowledge
  • Pathways to careers linking secondary and postsecondary education
  • Second-chance training and education
  • Education for enhanced workplace training, skill upgrades, career advancement.

Each state manages CTE differently and AACTS has produced a set of CTE State Profiles that provide context and clarity to the multifaceted systems available today. In some cases, the state or local CTE programs are thought leaders with regard to important public policy issues like high school reform and smooth transitions from secondary-postsecondary education.

Consider the importance of the work of CTE organizations, which reinforce CTE instruction through co-curricular activities and ready our young people to become productive citizens and leaders.

AACTS collects research data that supports understanding of CTE systems, courses and programs, and highlights the prospective CTE benefits that students gain in technical skills, academics, and career guidance. Examine the CTE Research Clearinghouse to discover the most current information available across a broad range of topics from studies, journals, and articles; you might also use the Fact Sheets for specific quotations and citations from sources that support the value of CTE.

AACTS is the propagation arm of the National Research Center for CTE and will continually update information and promote best practices in CTE as it evolves. Additional information is available at AACTS’s links to CTE-related data from other websites and organizations.