Aviva Institute is registered as a private institution with the Minnesota Office of Higher Education pursuant to sections 136A.61 to 136A.71 Registration is not an endorsement of the institution. Credits earned at the institution may not be transferred to all other institutions.
Aviva Institute was designed to meet or exceed the standards for accreditation from US Department of Education-approved agencies that specialize in Direct Entry Midwifery, Lactation and Distance Education.
Our preliminary application for accreditation by the Midwifery Education and Accreditation Council (MEAC) was accepted on October 28, 2008. The accreditation process can take up to two years from this date to complete successfully. If we are approved, only students enrolled at the time accreditation is approved and those enrolling after that date will be eligible to graduate from a MEAC-accredited program. Accreditation is not retroactive. For further information, contact MEAC at 360-466-2080 or PO Box 984, LaConner, WA 98257.
One of our primary goals is to provide financially accessible education, specifically eligibility for Title IV funds, the Federal Financial Aid program. For new schools, this is a lengthy process, which begins with accreditation.
While accreditation is a tool toward assuring the quality of educational programs, and is useful for transfer to other educational institutions, it is only one tool. We believe the unique model we have developed will be setting the standards for community-based health education in the future.
