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U.S. accreditation and the future of quality assurance : a tenth anniversary report from the Council for Higher Education Accreditation / prepared by Peter T. Ewell.
Van Pelt Library LB2331.615.U6 E93 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ewell, Peter.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Universities and colleges--Accreditation--United States.
- Universities and colleges--Accreditation.
- Universities and colleges.
- Evaluation.
- United States.
- Universities and colleges--United States--Evaluation.
- Academic achievement--United States.
- Academic achievement.
- Educational accountability--United States.
- Educational accountability.
- Educational evaluation--United States.
- Educational evaluation.
- Universities and colleges--Evaluation.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 201 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Council for Higher Education Accreditation, [2008]
- Summary:
- A brief history of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation -- Preface -- The challenge of quality to higher education in the decade to come -- About accreditation -- The co-evolution of accreditation and higher education in America -- Accreditation and the academy -- Self-governance in the United States -- Accreditation and government -- CHEA recognition of accrediting organizations -- Taking stock of accreditation -- Into the future. -- Appendix A. Accreditation and the courts -- Appendix B. CHEA Tenth Anniversary Commission -- Appendix C. CHEA Board of Directors -- Glossary of Acronyms.
- Contents:
- A brief history of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation
- Preface
- The challenge of quality to higher education in the decade to come
- About accreditation
- The co-evolution of accreditation and higher education in America
- Accreditation and the academy
- Self-governance in the United States
- Accreditation and government
- CHEA recognition of accrediting organizations
- Taking stock of accreditation
- Into the future.
- Appendix A. Accreditation and the courts
- Appendix B. CHEA Tenth Anniversary Commission
- Appendix C. CHEA Board of Directors
- Glossary of Acronyms.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-182) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Ewell, Peter T., 1947- U.S. accreditation and the future of quality assurance.
- OCLC:
- 232568161
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