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Overview of Accreditation
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A series of publications highlighting the
importance of presidential leadership and engagement in accreditation.
A publication of news and commentary from the
CHEA President to presidents and chancellors of CHEA member institutions.
- Senator Harkin's Seminar: Hearing and Learning on Capitol Hill August, 2010
The Senate HELP Committee’s second hearing on for-profit higher education subjected not only for-profits but also accreditation and the nonprofit sector to relentless probing and blunt criticism.
- Accreditation's Accidental Transformation July, 2010
Read CHEA President Judith Eaton's editorial from the July 20, 2010 issue of Inside Higher Ed.
- "Selling Accreditation"? I Don't Think So June, 2010
In spite of recent headlines and accusations, accreditation is not being "sold" when investors purchase accredited nonprofit institutions and convert them to for-profit operations.
- Accreditation 2.0 January, 2010
Read CHEA President Judith Eaton’s “Accreditation 2.0” from the January 18, 2010 issue of Inside Higher Ed.
- Quality Assurance and the World Conference on Higher Education July, 2009
Quality in higher education and quality assurance were a strong focus at the UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education.
- Accountability: An "Old" Issue in a New Era June, 2009
The emerging new era for higher education is still captive to some “old” issues, one of the most important being accountability.
- Quality, Accreditation, and Graduate Education: What Does The Future Hold? February, 2009
By John D. Wiley, Chancellor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Chair, CHEA Board of Directors.
- The CHEA Initiative: The First Six Months February, 2009
What we have heard.
- There's A Lot That's Right About Regional Accreditation January, 2009
Some thoughts about regional accreditation.
- "The Secretary Shall Report to the Public": Meet the New Nationwide Spokesperson – The Federal Educator-In-Chief (More on the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008) November, 2008
Comments on the new law and implications for the role of government with regard to accrediting organizations and institutions.
- The Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008: What Does It Mean and What Does It Do? October, 2008
A discussion of accreditation and accountability provisions in the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008.
- The Future of Accreditation? March, 2008
Read CHEA President Judith S. Eaton’s "The Future of Accreditation?" from the March 24, 2008 issue of Inside Higher Ed
- Federal Policy Events and Reflections on the Accreditation–Government Relationship: Four Points August, 2007
Accreditation and its future relationship with the U.S. government in light of the recent federal focus on accreditation activities.
- Here We Go Again........Sin, Salvation and Accreditation July, 2007
Addresses the policy paper, Why Accreditation Doesn't Work and What Policy Makers Can Do About It, released by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni.
- Consequences of the Commission on the Future of Higher Education: Where Do We Stand? March, 2007
Some thoughts about the impact of the Commission on the Future of Higher Education in the six months since the commission report was released.
- Nationalization
and Transparency: On Our Own Terms January,
2007
Some suggestions for ways that higher education and accreditation
can address calls for nationalization and transparency.
- Accreditation,
Professional Interest and the Public Interest: Conflict or Convergence?
October, 2006
A discussion of how accreditation has served the public interest in
the past and might serve the public interest in the future.
- Messages and
Messengers: Continuing The Conversation About Quality In Higher Education
August, 2006
A look at internal and external sources of criticisms of the academy
and how the community reacts.
- The Futures
Commission and the Future of Accreditation May,
2006
Implications of the Futures Commission’s discussions and reports
on accreditation for the future of self regulation of higher education.
- Accreditation
and the Secretary of Education’s Commission on the Future of
Higher Education March/April,
2006
Testimony of CHEA President Judith S. Eaton at the April 6-7, 2006
meeting of the commission.
- A Message
From the Press? Accreditation, Recognition and the Public Interest
(Volume 2, Number 2) February
8, 2006
Increasing press attention to higher education quality is a challenge
and opportunity for accreditation and recognition.
- Footsteps
and Footprints: Emerging National Accountability for Higher Education
Performance (Volume 2, Number 1) January
4, 2006
Initiatives of national higher education associations and the federal
government that may lead to a national footprint of accountability.
- The Spirit
Of Sarbanes-Oxley And Accreditation (Volume 1, Number 5)
December 8, 2005
Proposals on nonprofit governance reform, Congress and some implications
for accreditation, self-regulation and volunteerism.
- Transfer of
Credit: Taking a Fresh Look or Continuing the Controversy? (Volume
1, Number 4) November 4, 2005
Some thoughts about transfer of credit: the role of accreditation,
the controversies around transfer and a look to the future.
- “The
Best in the World”? (Part 2) (Volume 1, Number 3)
October 19, 2005
A continuation of the discussion about The Economist article
describing U.S. higher education as “the best in the world.”
- “The
Best in the World”? (Volume 1, Number 2) October
5, 2005
Accreditation and United States higher education as “the best
in the world.”
- Is "Transparency"
Good for Accreditation? (Volume 1, Number 1) September
12, 2005
The issue of transparency in the context of accreditation review and
federal policy.
- Quality and Accountability: An International Perspective (pdf)
Jamil Salmi, Tertiary Education Coordinator, The World Bank
- The Future of For-Profit Education – Three Areas to Consider: Technology, Capacity, Policy (pdf)
Jorge Klor de Alva, President, Nexus Research and Policy Center
- State Uses of Institutional Accreditation: Results of a Fifty-State Inventory (pdf)
Peter Ewell, Vice President, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems
- The Use and Misuse of International Data in Higher Education (pdf)
A. Lee Fritschler, Professor, George Mason University, School of Public Policy
Art Hauptman, Public Policy Consultant
- Academic Freedom and Accreditation (pdf)
Jerry G. Gaff, Senior Scholar, Association of American Colleges and Universities
- Accreditation and Academic Freedom (pdf)
Neil Hamilton, Director, Holloran Center for Ethical Leadership in the Professions, University of St. Thomas
- AHELO – The OECD Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes – and Student Achievement: Progress to Date (pdf)
Richard Yelland, Head, Education Management and Infrastructure Division, Directorate for Education, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- The Future of Ranking Systems – The U.S. News Experience and Its Impact on Colleges. The Rise of Global Rankings. Accreditation Versus Rankings (pdf)
Robert J. Morse, Director of Data Research, U.S. News & World Report
- What Have We Learned About and From Rankings? (pdf)
Ellen Hazelkorn, Director of Research and Enterprise, Dublin Institute of Technology
- Internationalizing Quality Assurance: A New Dynamic for Higher Education in the 21st Century (pdf)
Stamenka Uvalić-Trumbić, Chief, Section for Reform, Innovation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- Commonwealth of Learning Review Improvement Model (pdf)
Sir John Daniel, President and Chief Executive Officer, Commonwealth of Learning
- Quality Assurance in Latin America (pdf)
Mathew Anderson, Associate Dean of Business and Liberal Arts, Arizona Western College
Maria José Lemaitre, Academic Director, Centro Interuniversitario de Desarrollo
- Quality Assurance and Ranking of Higher Education in Asian Pacific and Taiwan (pdf)
Angela Yung-chi Hou, Director of International Exchange, Higher Education Evaluation & Accreditation Council of Taiwan, and Professor, Fu Jen Catholic University
- International Perspectives: Changes in Quality Assurance (pdf)
Dorte Kristoffersen, Quality Assurance Consultant
- Global Private Higher Education: Phenomenal Expansion and Implications for Quality Assurance (pdf)
Daviel Levy, Professor of Educational Administration & Policy Studies, University at Albany, SUNY
- Expectations of a New Administration (pdf)
Christopher Nelson, President, St. John's College, Maryland
- Who Watches the Watchman? Thoughts on the Federal Relationship to Accreditation in Higher Education (pdf)
Matthew Finkin, The Albert J. Harno and Edward W. Cleary Chair in Law, University of Illinois College of Law
- Recalibrating the Accreditation-Federal Relationship (pdf)
Recalibrating the Accreditation-Federal Relationship (White Paper) (pdf)
Robert Dickeson, President Emeritus, University of Northern Colorado
- Where Do We Take Accreditation? (pdf)
Stanley Ikenberry, President Emeritus and Regent Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Student Learning Outcomes: What Progress Have We Made? (pdf)
Thomas Pusateri, Associate Director for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Kennesaw State University, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
- International Quality Assurance Practices and the Impact on U.S. Accreditation (pdf)
Carolyn Campbell, Assistant Director, The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
- European Higher Education: Key Trends and Challenges (pdf)
Andrée Sursock, Deputy Secretary General, European University Association
Luc Weber, Professor of Public Economics and Rector Emeritus, University of Geneva
- Combating Degree Mills (pdf)
John Daniel, President and Chief Executive Officer, Commonwealth of Learning
Stamenka Uvalic-Trumbic, Chief, Section for Reform, Innovation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
-
African Higher Education and Quality Assurance (pdf)
Peter Okebukola, President, Global University Network for Innovation (GUNI-Africa) and former Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, Nigeria
-
Quality Assurance in the Arab Region (pdf)
Nadia Badrawi, Professor, Arab Network for Quality Assurance in Higher Education, National Agency for Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Education
-
Qualifications Frameworks (pdf)
Richard Lewis, Higher Education Consultant
-
Qualifications, Quality Assurance and Accountability in Irish Higher Education (pdf)
Padraig Walsh, Chief Executive, Irish Universities Quality Board
- Academic Freedom and the Role of Accreditation (pdf)
Robert O’Neil, Director, Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, University of Virginia
- Higher Education in Europe: Current Developments in Quality Assurance and Accreditation (pdf)
Peter Williams, Chief Executive Officer, The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA), UK
- Licensing, Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Nigerian Universities: Achievements and Challenges [ PowerPoint | Text ] (pdf)
Professor Julius A. Okojie, Executive Secretary/CEO, National Universities Commission, Nigeria
- Evidence of Student Learning (pdf)
Mary Jane Harris, Director, American Physical Therapy Association
- Student Achievement Assessment in ACCSCT Accredited Institutions (pdf)
Michale McComis, Associata Executive Director, Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology
- Accreditation and Evidence of Student Learning: Perspectives from NEASC (pdf)
Patricia O'Brien, Deputy Director, Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, New England Association of Schools and Colleges
- Transfer of Credit: The Discussion Continues (pdf)
David B. Wolf, Executive Director Emeritus, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
- The State of Degree Mills: Report Card on U.S. Efforts (pdf)
Michael P. Lambert, Executive Director, Distance Education Training Council
- Mastering Deception: Tackling Bogus Colleges and Degrees (pdf)
Carolyn Campbell, Head of International Affairs, The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
- Student Learning Outcomes: Lessons from the CHEA Award for Progress (pdf)
Milton D. Hakel, Professor, Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University
Sharon J. Hamilton, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Associate Dean of the Faculties, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis
Bryce F. Sullivan, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Julia M. Williams, Executive Director, Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
- New Leadership for Student Learning and Accountability (pdf)
Association of American Colleges and Universities
Council for Higher Education Accreditation
- OECD Initiative on Assessing Higher Education Learning Outcomes (pdf)
Barbara Ischinger, Director for Education, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, France
- Student Outcomes in South Africa: the HEQC Approach (pdf)
Lis Lange, Executive Director, Higher Education Quality Committee, Council on Higher Education, South Africa
- The Israeli Higher Education System: Development, Accreditation and Evaluation (pdf)
Michael Neumann, Head, Quality Assessment Unit, The Israeli Council for Higher Education
Nachum Finger, Academic Head, Quality Assessment Activity, The Israeli Council for Higher Education
- Student Learning Outcomes/Achievements (pdf)
Mohsen Elmahdy Said, Executive Director, Projects Management Unit, Ministry of Higher Education, Egypt
- Student Learning Outcomes and Quality Assurance in the UK (pdf)
Carolyn Campbell, Head of International Affairs, The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, United Kingdom
- Five
Simple Questions: Accreditation as if People Matter (pdf)
Gordon
K. Davies, Former
Director, State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and Kentucky
Council for Postsecondary Education
- Presidents
and Accreditation (pdf)
Robert B. Glidden, President Emeritus,
Ohio University (notes)
- Presidents
and Accreditation: The Need for Leadership and the Importance of Engagement
(pdf)
Dennis Holtschneider, C.M., , President, DePaul University
- Presidents
and Accreditation: The Need for Leadership and the Importance of Engagement
(pdf)
Charlene R. Nunley, President, Montgomery College (notes)
- States
and Accreditation: What Should the States Require - and Not Require
of Accreditation, and Why? (pdf)
Paul E. Lingenfelter, President, State
Higher Education Executive Officers
- Scrutiny of Quality Assurance and Accreditation Bodies: Examples, Advantages, Disadvantages (pdf)
Dr. Mohsen Elmahdy Said, Professor, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
- The European Dimension of Quality Assurance (pdf)
Andree Sursock, Deputy Secretary General, European University Association
- Recognition of Accreditation in the United States (pdf)
Barbara Brittingham, Director, Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, New England Assocation of Schools and Colleges
- For-Profit Higher Education in an International Setting: What are the Issues? (pdf)
Richard Garrett, Senior Research Analyst, Online Higher Education-Learning Collaborative, Eduventures, LLC
- The
Expansion of Higher Education in the Developing World: What Can Distance
Learning Contribute? (pdf)
- The
Expansion of Higher Education in the Developing World: What Can Distance
Learning Contribute? (PowerPoint Presentation)
(pdf)
Sir John Daniel, President and Chief Executive Officer, Commonwealth of Learning
- Guiding
Learners in New Higher Education Spaces: What Role for UNESCO? (pdf)
Stamenka Uvalić Trumbić, Chief, Section for Access, Mobility and Quality Assurance, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
2006 Annual Conference Presentations
CHEA Fact Sheets
- CHEA
Fact Sheet #1: Profile of Accreditation (pdf)
October 2008
This fact sheet updates numbers of accredited institutions and programs,
types and numbers of recognized accreditors, purposes of accreditation,
purposes of recognition, and recognition standards.
- CHEA
Fact Sheet #2: The Role of Accreditation and Assuring Quality in Electronically
Delivered Distance Learning (pdf) September
2001
This fact sheet includes information on who offers electronically
delivered distance learning, how distance learning is reviewed for
quality, and how accrediting organizations are held accountable for
review of quality of distance learning.
- CHEA
Fact Sheet #3: Twelve Important Questions About External Quality Review
(pdf) September 2001
A series of questions that students and others may find useful to
ask about the external quality review of a course, institution, or
program in which they might enroll. CHEA does not endorse any specific
course of study, program, or institution, but encourages careful scrutiny
of materials, commitments, and claims of all providers of higher education.
- CHEA
Fact Sheet #4: A Framework for Meeting Transfer of Credit Responsibilities
(pdf) May 2002
The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) initiated its
work on accreditation and transfer of credit in 1998. In 2000, CHEA
published A Statement to the Community: Transfer and the Public
Interest. This statement was the result of CHEA’s concern
that accredited status of a program or institution assist, not hinder,
students in the transfer process.
- CHEA
Fact Sheet #5: Accrediting Organizations in the U.S.: How Do They
Operate to Assure Quality? (pdf) April
2006
A brief overview of how U.S. accrediting organizations carry out their
work: information about standards and policies of individual accrediting
organizations; governance and organization of accreditors; and how
to find information about accredited institutions and programs.
- CHEA
Fact Sheet #6: Important Questions about “Diploma Mills”
and “Accreditation Mills” (pdf)
May 2003
A series of questions for students, government, and the public in
case they encounter questionable providers of higher education.
- CHEA
Fact Sheet #7: Nonprofit and For-Profit Higher Education and Accreditation (pdf) August 2010
Statistics on nonprofit and for-profit higher education and accreditation, using data provided to CHEA by accrediting organizations for accrediting activity during 2008-09.
Condition of Accreditation
- The
Condition of Accreditation: U.S. Accreditation in 2007
(pdf) December 2008
Quantitative information about the numbers of accredited institutions
and programs in the U.S., student enrollment, operating characteristics
of accrediting organizations, international accreditation activity
and recognition of accrediting organizations.
An Overview of U.S. Accreditation
Accreditation and Recognition in the United
States
CHEA Monograph Series
- Presidential
Perspectives on Accreditation: A Report of the CHEA Presidents Project
(pdf) April 2006
Thirty distinguished college and university presidents and chancellors
shared their perceptions of institutional and programmatic accreditation
in a series of interviews conducted by CHEA during Spring 2005. The
presidents commented on their knowledge of and involvement in accreditation,
accreditation's value to institutions and accreditation's value to
society.
- Is
Accreditation Accountable? The Continuing Conversation Between Accreditation
and the Federal Government (pdf)
October 2003
This monograph addresses key issues in the current discussion between
accreditation and the federal government as this relates to accountability
and higher education. At stake is a centuries-old tradition of institutional
autonomy and self-regulation. The reauthorization of the Higher Education
Act (HEA) now being discussed in Congress is driving this issue to
the top of the academic agenda.
- Specialized
Accreditation and Assuring Quality in Distance Learning
(pdf) (CHEA Monograph Series 2002, Number 2)
This report describes the work to date of programmatic accreditors
in the area of distance learning. It explores the extent to which
these accrediting organizations review distance learning as well as
the standards, policies, and procedures they use.
- Accreditation
and Assuring Quality in Distance Learning
(pdf) (CHEA Monograph Series 2002, Number 1)
This report describes the scope and impact of distance learning on
higher education today. It identifies the primary challenges that
distance learning poses for institutional accreditation and describes
the thoughtful and comprehensive response to date of the accrediting
community to assure quality in distance learning.
- Distance
Learning: Academic and Political Challenges for Higher Education Accreditation
(pdf) (CHEA Monograph Series 2001) The focus
of this monograph is how distance learning challenges some fundamentals
of the academic work and the politics of American higher education—thereby
challenging some related features of quality assurance and self-regulation
that are at the heart of national, regional, and specialized accreditation.
- Core Academic
Values, Quality, and Regional Accreditation: The Challenge of Distance
Learning (CHEA Monograph Series 2000)
A small set of core academic values is central to the history and
tradition of higher education. Distance learning, however unintentionally,
challenges these values, forcing reconsideration of their origins
and the choices they represent. This paper focuses on regional accreditation
as one of the oldest and most frequently used forms of institutional
quality assurance in the United States.
Letters from the President
The CHEA Chronicle
- 2010 CHEA Award for Outstanding Institutional Practice in Student Learning Outcomes (pdf) Vol. 11, No. 1, February 2010
- 2009
CHEA Award for Institutional Progress in Student Learning Outcomes (pdf) Vol. 10, No. 1, February 2009
- 2008
CHEA Award for Institutional Progress in Student Learning Outcomes (pdf) Vol. 9, No. 1, Special Update Issue, January 2008
- 2007
CHEA Award for Institutional Progress in Student Learning Outcomes
(pdf) Vol. 8, No. 1, January 2007
- 2006
CHEA Award for Institutional Progress in Student Learning Outcomes
(pdf) Vol. 7, No. 2, May 2006
- 2005
CHEA Survey (pdf) Vol. 7, No. 1, November
2005
-
Schedule for Recognition Reviews of Accrediting Organizations and
Call for Third-Party Comment (pdf)
Vol. 6, No. 2, August 2003
-
2002-2003 CHEA Survey of Degree-Granting Institutions, Accrediting Organizations, and Higher Education Associations (pdf)
Vol. 6, No. 1, May 2003
- Federal
Policy Update (pdf) Vol. 5, No. 3,
September 2002
- Student
Learning Outcomes Workshop (pdf) Vol.
5, No. 2, May 2002
-
January 2002 Board of Directors Meeting
(pdf) Vol. 5, No. 1, February 2002
-
CHEA Surveys International Quality Assurance Agencies
(pdf) Vol. 4, No. 3, December 2001
-
Are Universities "Overrun" by Accreditors? A Look at the
Data (pdf) Vol. 4, No. 2, October
2001
- CHEA
Recognized Accreditors (pdf) Vol.
4, No. 1, June 2001
- 2001
CHEA Conference Update (pdf) Vol.3,
No. 3, November 2000
- CHEA
Conference Update (pdf) Vol.3, No.
2, July 2000
- The
Value of Accreditation in Planning
Vol.3, No. 1, January 2000
-
Enhancing Usefulness Conference III (News from CHEA)
Vol.2, No. 2, August 1999
- 1999
CHEA Annual Conference (News from CHEA)
Vol.2, No. 1, April 1999
-
Advancing Quality Through Additional Attention to Results
Vol. 1, No. 11, November 1998
-
What Accreditors Say: Changes in Approach to Accreditation Practice
Vol. 1, No. 10, October 1998
-
The Emergence of CHEA: From "Disconnecting" to "Reconnecting"
Vol. 1, No. 9, September 1998
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Comments to the National Advisory Committee on Quality and Integrity
Vol. 1, No. 8, August 1998
-
CHEA Priorities for Higher Education Authorization
Vol. 1, No. 7, July 1998
- On
Being Responsive and Responsible Vol.
1, No. 6, June 1998
- The
Pendulum Swing of Standards and Evidence
Vol. 1, No. 5, May 1998
-
Accreditation: "Sitting Beside" or "Standing Over"?
Vol. 1, No. 4, April 1998
- Why
CHEA? Vol. 1, No. 3, March 1998
- What
is Accreditation? Vol. 1, No. 2, February
1998
- Overview
of CHEA Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1998
CHEA Advisory Statements
All Occasional Papers are now available through
the CHEA Website.
- Accreditation
and Accountability: A CHEA Special Report (pdf) December 2006
During the past five years, the Council for Higher Education Accreditation
(CHEA) has published a number of recommendations, principles and advisories
that address accreditation, institutional performance, student learning
outcomes and transparency. This document summarizes CHEA's thinking
in this vital area.
- CHEA Survey
of Recognized Accrediting Organizations: Providing Information to
the Public (pdf) April 2006
In the fall of 2004, following a series of conversations with the
accreditation community on the topic of providing additional information
to the public, CHEA contracted with the National Center for Higher
Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) to conduct a survey of accrediting
organizations on this matter. The purpose of this survey was to identify
practices used by accrediting organizations to inform the public about
what they do: How these organizations operate, their decision-making
practices and the results of their scrutiny of higher education institutions
and programs.
- International
Quality Review and Distance Learning: Lessons from Five Countries
(pdf) January 2005
This report on quality review of distance learning in five countries
was produced for the Council for Higher Education Accreditation’s
International Commission in order to better understand the nature
of existing regulatory arrangements in the context of growth in electronically
supported learning and in the import and export of higher education
worldwide. Country case studies were developed for Jordan, Kenya,
Malaysia, Australia and the U.K. Prepared by Robin Middlehurst and
Steve Woodfield, Centre for Policy and Change in Tertiary Education,
University of Surrey.
- Accreditation
and the Provision of Additional Information to the Public about Institution
and Program Performance (pdf) May 2004
This paper explores the many different and legitimate roles that accrediting
organizations may play in providing a wider array of information about
institutional and program performance to the public and discusses
how individual accrediting organizations can position themselves in
this role. Prepared by Peter T. Ewell, National Center for Higher
Education Management Systems.
- International
Quality Review: Values, Opportunities and Issues
(pdf) June 2002
This Occasional Paper brings together the three major papers
presented at the Council for Higher Education Accreditation’s 2002
International Seminar. These papers explore some of the key issues
in international quality review:
- Quality Assurance in an International Environment: National
and International Interests and Tensions (Dirk Van Damme, VLIR-Flemish
Interuniversity Council, Belgium)
- Quality Assurance for Distance Learning: Issues for International
Discussion and Action (Simon Marginson, Monash Centre for Research
in International Education, Australia)
- International Quality Assurance, Ethics and the Market: A View
from a Developing Country (Mala Singh, Council on Higher Education,
South Africa).
- The papers do not represent policy positions for CHEA but are presented
as important contributions to international quality review in many
parts of the world.
- Different
Perspectives on Information about Educational Quality: Implications
for the Role of Accreditation (pdf) April
2002
Accreditation has become widely accepted as the primary vehicle for
assuring the quality of higher education in the United States. This
Occasional Paper investigates the matches and mismatches between
the needs of different audiences relating to educational quality and
the ability of accreditation as it is currently constituted to respond
to these needs. Prepared by Dennis P. Jones, National Center for Higher
Education Management Systems.
- Accreditation
and Student Learning Outcomes: A Proposed Point of Departure
(pdf) September 2001
The purpose of this paper is to provide accrediting organizations
with guidance about how to engage evidence of student learning as
they establish policies, standards and approaches to accreditation
review. Prepared by Peter T. Ewell, National Center for Higher Education
Management Systems.
-
The Common Data Project (pdf) August
2000
This report details the results of an analysis of the current institutional
data requirements of all the accrediting organizations that are recognized
by CHEA or by the U.S. Department of Education or by both. Prepared
by the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems.
-
The Competency Standards Project: Another Approach to Accreditation
Review (pdf) August 2000
An analysis of the impact of distance learning and outcomes on higher
education and the implications for external quality review. The National
Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) designed and
tested an alternative approach to accreditation standards and review–one
that places significant emphasis on student outcomes and a distance
delivery setting. Western Governors University (WGU) piloted a “competency
standards project.” Prepared by the National Center for Higher
Education Management Systems.
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Internationalizing Quality Assurance in Higher Education
(pdf) July 1999
An examination of international quality assurance practices and the
recent growth of quality assurance overseas. Considers the range of
practices employed, identifies related issues and discusses implications
for U.S. institutions and accrediting organizations. Prepared by John
Petersen.
- Tasks
for Higher Education Accreditation (pdf)
January 1999
This paper reviews the tasks that are challenging accreditation and
suggests that if self-regulation is to continue, a modified accreditation
system will prove the only vehicle available to adjust higher education
to society’s new expectations. Prepared by Milton Greenberg.
- Assuring
Quality in Distance Learning (pdf)
April 1998
This paper investigates the emerging topic of quality assurance in
technology-mediated distance learning programs in higher education.
Prepared by Ronald A. Phipps, Jane V. Wellman and Jamie P. Merisotis,
The Institute for Higher Education Policy.
-
Recognition of Accreditation Organizations (pdf)
January 1998
This paper provides a framework for thinking about recognition of
higher education accrediting organizations in the United States, a
function performed both by government, through the Department of Education
(ED), and outside of government. Since 1996, that function outside
the government has been carried out by the Council for Higher Education
Accreditation. Before that time, it was conducted first by the Council
for Postsecondary Accreditation (COPA) and then by the Council for
Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation (CORPA).
Other Publications, Meeting Summaries
- Positioning
Accreditation for the Future: Change or Status Quo? (pdf)
by Robert Glidden, President, Ohio University. Plenary speech to the
CHEA 2004 Annual Conference in Marina del Rey, CA, January 28, 2004.
You may download
the slides in Microsoft PowerPoint format.
-
2002 Student Learning Outcomes Workshops
(pdf)
The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) conducted three
Student Learning Outcomes Workshops between January and October 2002.
Please click on the main link above for a summary of the key issues
confronting accrediting that were discussed at the Workshops. Please
click here (pdf)
for the two exercises conducted at the Workshops to aid accrediting
organizations in addressing this challenging issue.
- Maintaining the Delicate Balance: Distance Learning,
Higher Education Accreditation, and the Politics of Self-Regulation
(American Council on Education/Educause 2002)
Accreditation and federal support of higher education are based on
a traditional model of education with students and faculty members
in a classroom. Distance education offers a new model of higher education.
This paper describes the challenge of regulating distance education
providers and funding students who participate in distance education
courses and programs.
- The
Fundamentals of Accreditation: What Do You Need to Know?
(pdf) September 2002
- Distance
Learning in Higher Education, CHEA Update Number 3
(April 2000)
Produced by The Institute for Higher Education Policy as part of its
ongoing work with the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).
This third issue continues to present the latest developments in this
field.
- Summary
of the National Invitational Forum: The Emerging Context for Quality
Assurance
December 9 and 10, 1999 • Washington, DC
- Distance
Learning in Higher Education, CHEA Update Number 2 (June
1999)
Produced by The Institute for Higher Education Policy as part of its
ongoing work with the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).
This second issue presents some of the latest developments in this
field.
- Distance
Learning in Higher Education, CHEA Update Number 1 (February
1999) (pdf)
Produced by The Institute for Higher Education Policy as part of its
ongoing work with the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).
- The
Contemporary Context of Accreditation: Challenges in a Changing Environment
by Robert Glidden, President, Ohio University. Keynote address for
the 2nd CHEA “Usefulness” Conference. June 25–26,
1998 • Washington, DC
- Examining
a Brave New World: How Accreditation Might Be Different
by Peter T. Ewell, Vice President, National Center for Higher Education
Management Systems. Keynote address for the 2nd CHEA “Usefulness”
Conference. June 25–26, 1998 • Washington, DC
- Accreditation
at a Crossroads
by Robert Glidden; An article published in a Fall 1996 Special Annual
Meeting Issue of American Council on Education’s Educational
Record.
- Bibliography
A bibliography of publications about accreditation and assessment
in higher education classified into eight categories: history, theory/philosophy,
methodology, assessment, higher education context, standards, quality
assurance, and general resources.
CHEA Annual Report
- 2008-2009 CHEA Annual Report (pdf)
Annual report of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation’s activities and accomplishments in 2008-2009.
Research Resource Links
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