Licensing Readiness
Earning — and renewing — the right to operate.
Educational Consulting · Founded 2012
Educational Consulting for Career Schools, Licensing, Accreditation, and Compliance.
Cole Middleton Advisors helps career schools and postsecondary institutions strengthen licensing readiness, accreditation preparation, curriculum systems, documentation, and operational compliance.
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The Practice
Compliance is strategy.
Cole Middleton Advisors helps schools earn — and keep — their license to operate.
We support institutions navigating accreditation, licensing, compliance, curriculum, and operational growth with disciplined advisory systems built for evidence, continuity, and review readiness. Our work is selective, senior, and accountable to outcomes — not deliverables.
The Insight
The problem is not compliance.
The problem is proof.
Reviewers look for alignment between policy, practice, curriculum, records, and evidence. Most schools have the documents. Few can produce them on demand, consistent across every system.
Advisory Areas
Eight disciplines. One institutional standard.
Accreditation Preparation
Initial accreditation, reaffirmation, and substantive change.
Compliance Documentation
Policies and procedures structured to withstand review.
Curriculum Systems
Design, outcomes mapping, and program review.
LMS Governance
Learning systems configured to produce reviewable evidence.
Audit Preparation
Mock reviews, evidence walk-throughs, standing readiness.
Student Record Controls
Attendance, SAP, placement, and student-file integrity.
AI-Assisted Workflows
Governed AI for compliance, documentation, and operations.
Proof
Hundreds
Of Schools Served
Cole Middleton Advisors has supported hundreds of institutions over more than a decade of practice — from initial licensure to reaccreditation to operational restructuring.
Frameworks & Familiarity
Experience across the bodies that govern schools.
Cole Middleton Advisors works with schools operating within Florida postsecondary, accreditation, and federal compliance frameworks. Listing is provided for reference and does not represent membership, endorsement, or partnership.
FAPSC
Florida Association of Postsecondary Schools & Colleges
CIE
Florida Commission for Independent Education
FLDOE
Florida Department of Education
USDOE
U.S. Department of Education / Title IV
ACCSC
Accrediting Commission of Career Schools & Colleges
COE
Council on Occupational Education
ABHES
Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
NACCAS
Nat'l Accrediting Comm. of Career Arts & Sciences
ACCET
Accrediting Council for Continuing Education & Training
DEAC
Distance Education Accrediting Commission
The Team
The people behind the practice.
Dr. Joseph Angley, BA, MS, Ph.D.
Founder · Principal Consultant
Three decades in higher education as professor, executive, and owner. Started schools, managed multi-campus operations, and navigated licensing and accreditation from inside the institution. Founded Cole Middleton Advisors in 2012.
Tom Angley
Capital & M&A
Fifteen years as a senior corporate banker. Has financed more than $1.5 billion in mergers and acquisitions across industries, including higher education. Brings school owners direct access to lenders, private equity, hedge funds, and venture capital.
Donald Gibson, BSBA
Federal Programs
More than a decade in higher education administration, with deep specialization in Veterans Administration contracts and VA funding. Retired U.S. Marine.
Ann Bouchard, BS, MBA, EdS
Accreditation
A working accreditor’s expert. Has supported institutions through ACICS, ACCSC, COE, ABHES, and Apple — as a former school owner, post-secondary educator, and FAPSC “Educator of the Year.” Currently focused on K–12 charter schools and Exceptional Student Education.
Donel Richemond, DBA
Healthcare Education
Founder and president of Trinity Global Institute. Former VP of Operations at JC Medical Center. Founder of Nurses Magazine and Glory Healthcare Staffing. Brings the operator’s lens to schools building or running healthcare programs.
Emily Ogden, BS
Creative & Multimedia
Award-winning animator and visual artist. Recognized by the American Advertising Federation and the Forester Media Awards. Provides Cole Middleton clients with brand, design, and multimedia work that distinguishes a school’s presence.
Engage
Move from reactive compliance to structured readiness.
If your school is preparing for licensing, accreditation, audit review, or operational growth, Cole Middleton Advisors can help you organize the systems, documents, and workflows reviewers expect to see.