Our academic approval process
One of the Connecticut Office of Higher Education (OHE) roles is to protect students. We want students to access good-quality education in person, online, or both.
To open a new school or college in CT, an entity must first seek approval from OHE. This ensures that the college or career school meets all the rules. Seek our approval:
- To open a new CT-based college that grants degrees
- To open a new CT-based private career school that does not grant degrees. This type of school readies people to pursue a career or trade
- To apply for or renew your State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (SARA) membership
- As a non-CT, private career school, if you want to offer online learning to CT students
- As a non-CT, non SARA college, if you want to offer online learning to CT students
- Get the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) approval for your career school or college and its programs. This will allow your veteran students to use their VA benefits
