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The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) describes itself as a "national advocate and institutional voice for self-regulation of academic quality through accreditation". Organisationally, CHEA is an association of 3,000 degree-granting colleges and universities. It recognises 60 institutional and programmatic accrediting organisations at the regional and state level in the United States.
CHEA is governed by by a 20-person board of college and university presidents, institutional representatives and public members.
It is a representative of the US accreditation community to international audiences.