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Accreditation by one of the 6 regional accrediting bodies is required for colleges and universities to offer federal financial aid to their students.
The assessment process at DePaul University is designed to assist curricular and co-curricular programs assess student learning, based on the "assessment loop."
As a matter of best practice, and as a requirement of regional accreditation, all programs must define student learning outcomes and regularly assess the extent to which students are achieving expected learning outcomes for the program.