Different Perspectives on Information about Educational Quality: Implications for the Role of Accreditation

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.