to operate in the state. However, organizations that are recognized by CHEA and not also by the Department of Education may operate only with oversight from the Oregon Student Assistance Commission. CHEA wishes to prevent European-style ministry-based administration of higher education accreditation in the U.S. See also Higher education accreditation in the United States List of recognized higher education accreditation organizations National Association of Credential Evaluation Services References External links CHEA, Resolution of the Board of Directors, May 7, 2007, Washington D. C. Doug Lederman, Dissent and a Disputed Phone Call April 27, 2007, Inside Higher Ed Vickie Schray, Assuring Quality in Higher Education: Key Issues and Questions for Changing Accreditation in the United States, Issue Paper, The Secretary of Education’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education (Fourth in a series of Issue Papers released at the request of Chairman Charles Miller to inform the work of the Commission), U.S. Department of Education, Washington D.C. No date. Jane Wellman, Recognition of Accreditation Organizations: A Comparison of Policy & Practice of Voluntary Accreditation and The United States Department of Education, January 1998. Robert Atwell, James Rogers, Independence, Accreditation, and the Public Interest, Special Report on Accreditation'', October 1994, National Policy Board on Higher Education Institutional Accreditation (NBP). Available at ERIC. U.S. Senate, Abuses in Federal Student Aid Programs, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Report 102-58, May 17, 1991, Washington, D.C. 1996 establishments in the United States Organizations established in 1996 Higher education in the United States Educational organizations based in the United States Higher education accreditation