Posts Tagged ‘Accreditation’

Assessment and Quality: The Never-ending Challenge

Higher education has relied on assessments of learning for generations. The SAT, ACT, GMAT, LSAT, MCAT and GRE ostensibly test fitness for study. Licensure exam results in fields such as nursing, law and accounting are touted as a way to assess the quality of institutions. Programmatic accreditors expect external validation of learning (e.g., Accreditation Council […]

CHEA and AAUP Release Advisory Statement on Accreditation and Academic Freedom

(Washington, DC) –The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) have released an advisory statement on Accreditation and Academic Freedom. The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) Press Release

MOOCs and Accreditation: Focus on the Quality of “Direct-to-Students” Education

We are again talking about innovation in higher education and it is a refreshing change. The most conspicuous, challenging and controversial subject of these discussions is “MOOCs” – massive open online courses. MOOCs such as Coursera, Udacity and edX, all launched in early 2012, have received extensive media coverage accompanied by a lot of commentary. […]

CHEA Board of Directors Votes to Recognize Eight Accrediting Organizations at Recent Meeting

CHEA Currently Recognizes 60 Institutional and Programmatic Accrediting Organizations Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) Press Release

Quality and accreditation body goes global

The US-based Council for Higher Education and Accreditation, CHEA, has launched an international division, arguing that as internationalisation spreads there is a pressing need for institutions around the world to work together to establish a shared global system of quality assurance. For many years, the role of universities was relatively straightforward: educate the youth and […]

Download Working Draft: State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement

Higher education institutions, employing the capacities of available technologies, are increasingly able to offer services to students on a national canvas. Many of today’s colleges and universities employ online learning and varied degrees of onsite support to offer study on a national, and even international, scale. Designed originally to regulate in-state residential campuses, regulatory requirements […]

Presentations from CHEA (Council for Higher Education Accreditation) 2012 Summer Workshop

State Authorization and Accreditation (pdf) Paul Shiffman, Assistant Vice President for Strategic and Government Relations, Excelsior College James Hall, Founding President, Empire College – SUNY Marshall Hill, Executive Director, Nebraska Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education Data Collection and Accreditation: Working More Efficiently and Effectively (doc) Brad Phillips, President and CEO, Institute for Evidence-Based Change Robert […]

CSAC Hearing: Is Accreditation Enough to Ensure Online Education Quality?

SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 25, 2012 — /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — As college students increasingly embrace online courses, measuring the effectiveness of distance learning is becoming a critical necessity to protect students, taxpayers who subsidize higher education, and future employers looking for skilled graduates. But are the current gatekeepers of education quality, a complex system of institutionally funded […]

CHEA Joins With Higher Education Associations in Higher Education Compliance Alliance

(Washington, DC) – The Higher Education Compliance Alliance – an online resource of information on federal law and regulation that affects higher education – was launched on March 1, 2012. The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) is a founding member of the Alliance.Council for Higher Education AccreditationPress Release

Council for Higher Education Accreditation President Judith Eaton’s Testimony at December 14-16, 2011 National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity Meeting

REMARKS PRESENTED BY Judith S. Eaton, President COUNCIL FOR HIGHER EDUCATION ACCREDITATION to the NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY AND INTEGRITY December 15, 2011 Thank you for allowing me to make this presentation in response the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI) draft report of October 18, 2011. My remarks are […]