What Is Quality – Perspectives from Around the World
HEADLINES
What Is Quality – Perspectives from Around the World (The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA), September 2022) “On September 27, 2022, the QAA will host an online discussion of what quality means from the perspective of global higher education communities with an expert panel of speakers representing networks of quality agencies based around the world. Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) President Cynthia Jackson-Hammond will be one of the panelists. Click here to register.”
How Has Online Learning Affected College Accreditation? (Government Technology, September 8, 2022) “Despite an increase in online learning since the pandemic, not much has changed in terms of how colleges and universities are accredited, but officials at accreditation agencies are interested in tracking outcomes.”
ACICS, Controversial Accreditor, Gives Up the Fight (Inside Higher Ed, September 7, 2022) "After years of battling with the U.S. Education Department under two Democratic presidents, the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges & Schools said that it would end operations by 2024."
ABA Cleans Up Accreditation Rules Surrounding Distance Education For Law Schools (Higher Ed Dive, August 31, 2022) "Recent amendments to American Bar Association accreditation standards addressed definitions of distance education, but Leo Martinez, immediate past chair of the ABA Council for the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, says the resolution won’t change much for law schools without waivers allowing them to conduct extra distance education."
Francis Gerbasi Receives AANA’s 48th Annual Agatha Hodgins Award for Outstanding Accomplishment (The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology, August 16, 2022) “The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) presented Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) Francis Gerbasi, PhD, Chief Executive Officer of the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs, with the Agatha Hodgins Award during its 2022 Annual Congress, August 12-16 in Chicago. The Agatha Hodgins Award for Outstanding Accomplishment was established in 1975 to recognize individuals whose foremost dedication to excellence has furthered the art and science of nurse anesthesia.”