Sources

US Campus
Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)
http://www.chea.org
A national advocate and institutional voice for self-regulation of academic quality through accreditation, CHEA is an association of 3,000 degree-granting colleges and universities and recognizes 60 institutional and programmatic accrediting organizations.

Paris
NAFSA
http://www.3w.nafsa.org
NAFSA: Association of International Educators is a member organization promoting international education and providing professional development opportunities to the field. Hundreds of NAFSA members volunteer to serve the Association and advocate for international education.

San Francisco
CampusFrance Portal to French Higher Education
http://www.campusfrance.org/en/index.htm
This website gives access to all facets of french higher education, with entry by discipline, level of study, etc. It also gives access to practical information having to do with the administration of academic cooperation (visa, housing, etc).