As the department chair of Washington and Lee University's Journalism department, Riegel was responsible for its accreditation. This subseries consists of documents related to the accreditation status of Washington and Lee's Journalism department. The main agencies that Riegel worked with were the American Council on Education for Journalism, the American Association of Educators in Journalism, and the Association for Education in Journalism. Items are organized by year within each accreditation agency. Documents of note in this subseries include evaluation forms, correspondence about accreditation agency policy and goals, and annual accreditation reports.