Accreditation on the edge: challenging quality assurance in higher education

Accreditation is essential to colleges and universities. Without it, they are unable to participate in federal student aid programs or confer legitimate degrees. In Accreditation on the edge, Susan D. Phillips and Kevin Kinser bring together the expertise of different stakeholders to illustrate the...

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Weitere Verfasser: Phillips, Susan D. (HerausgeberIn), Kinser, Kevin (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press [2018]
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Zusammenfassung:Accreditation is essential to colleges and universities. Without it, they are unable to participate in federal student aid programs or confer legitimate degrees. In Accreditation on the edge, Susan D. Phillips and Kevin Kinser bring together the expertise of different stakeholders to illustrate the complexities of the accreditation system and to map the critical issues that must be navigated going forward. Presenting an array of perspectives - from accreditors and institutions to policy-makers and consumers - the book offers nuanced views on accreditation's importance to higher education and on the potential impact of proposed reforms. The book's contributors reveal that accreditation is currently on the edge of a policy precipice, as the needs of higher education and the interests of the many stakeholders may well outstrip its ability to perform. But, they argue, accreditation is also on the cutting edge of the transformation of higher education in the twenty-first century
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Accreditation : introduction to a contested space / Susan D. Phillips and Kevin Kinser -- Quality assurance and quality improvement : why and how accreditation works / Sylvia Manning -- Change in higher education accreditation : the perspective of a national accreditor / Leah K. Matthews -- The evolving context of quality assurance : a perspective from specialized and professional accreditation / Joseph Vibert -- Fixing a broken accreditation system : how to bring quality assurance into the 21st century / Anne Neal and Armand Alacbay -- Innovation and quality assurance in higher education / Michael B. Horn and Alana Dunagan -- Regulatory experimentation, accreditation, and innovation : EQUIP as a blueprint for the future of higher education / Paul J. LeBlanc -- Tensions in the triad : the evolution of institutional quality assurance policy and thoughts on its future development / Peter T. Ewell -- Managing risk to students and taxpayers in federal financial aid / David Bergeron -- Accreditors as policy leaders : promoting transparency, judgment and culture change / Jamienne S. Studley -- Crossing borders : accreditation and quality assurance in a globalized world / Madeleine F. Green -- The employer quest for the quality college graduate recruit : core skills employers seek in graduate hires and how higher education can better meet these needs / Edwin W. Koc -- Accreditation and return on investment / Mark Schneider and Audrey Peek -- Does accreditation protect students effectively? / Barmak Nassirian and Thomas L. Harnisch -- Conclusion : accreditation : critical issues for the path forward / Kevin Kinser and Susan D. Phillips
Beschreibung:xi, 283 Seiten Diagramme
ISBN:9781421425443
1421425440

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