Download Report: Board Member’s Guide to Accreditation–The Basics, The Issues, The Challenges

Board Member’s Guide to Accreditation–The Basics, The Issues, The Challenges

This paper presents an overview of accreditation, what it is, its values, its roles, how it operates and its relationship with government. It also addresses the impact of accreditation on a college or university and the role of governing boards in engaging accreditation. Finally, current challenges for accreditation are described. e paper is intended both as background and as a useful tool for governing boards and individual board members in carrying out their all-important duciary and academic roles.