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Download full textEaton, Judith S. – Council for Higher Education Accreditation, 2017
It is a time of disruption, in politics and government, in many national economies and cultures. In the United States, disruption has also penetrated the accreditation space, with debates and differences about student achievement, access and affordability and transparency, topics also challenging quality assurance around the world. Higher…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Higher Education, Quality Assurance, Change
Eaton, Judith S. – Council for Higher Education Accreditation, 2015
This publication provides a general description of the key features of U.S. accreditation of higher education and recognition of accrediting organizations. Accreditation in the United States is about quality assurance and quality improvement. It is a process to scrutinize higher education institutions and programs. Accreditation is private…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Quality Assurance, Educational Quality, Educational Improvement
Eaton, Judith S. – Council for Higher Education Accreditation, 2012
Accreditation in the United States is about quality assurance and quality improvement. It is a process to scrutinize higher education institutions and programs. Accreditation is private (nongovernmental) and nonprofit--an outgrowth of the higher education community and not of government. It is funded primarily by the institutions and programs that…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Educational Quality
Eaton, Judith S. – Council for Higher Education Accreditation, 2006
This publication provides a general description of the key features of U.S. accreditation of higher education and recognition of accrediting organizations. Accreditation in the United States is about quality assurance and quality improvement. It is a process to scrutinize higher education institutions and programs. Accreditation is private…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Higher Education, Standards, Institutional Evaluation
Eaton, Judith S. – Council for Higher Education Accreditation, 2005
Accreditation's public policy roles focus on four significant relationships: (1) the relationship between accreditation and government, (2) the relationship between accreditation and the private sector, especially corporations (employers) and foundations, (3) the relationship between accreditation and students (and the general public) and (4)…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Leadership, Corporations, Private Sector
Eaton, Judith S. – Council for Higher Education Accreditation, 2003
This monograph addresses key issues in the current discussion between accreditation and the federal government relative to accountability and higher education. The reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA) now being discussed in Congress is driving this issue to the top of the academic agenda. The paper describes some of the accountability…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Higher Education, Federal Aid, Federal Government
