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Questions About the Effectiveness of International Accreditation--An Examination of How Three International Universities Have or Have Not Benefitted from U.S. Accreditation / Sharistan A Melkonian.
- Format:
- Book
- Thesis/Dissertation
- Author/Creator:
- Melkonian, Sharistan A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Higher education.
- Educational administration.
- Higher education management--Penn dissertations.
- Penn dissertations--Higher education management.
- Local Subjects:
- Higher education.
- Educational administration.
- Higher education management--Penn dissertations.
- Penn dissertations--Higher education management.
- Genre:
- Academic theses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (102 pages)
- Contained In:
- Dissertations Abstracts International 81-03A.
- Place of Publication:
- [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] : University of Pennsylvania ; Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2019.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- In higher education, globalizaton has resulted in an increase in the number of international institutions that have sought and earned U.S. accreditation. For decades, U.S. accreditation has been perceived as the gold standard in quality assurance in higher education. Some experts argue that "accreditation is fundamentally about a shift of power from educators to managers and bureaucrats" (Harvey, 2004). This qualitative study looks at the reasons that international institutions seek U.S. accreditation as well as the perceived benefits and challenges of U.S. accreditation from the perspective of international institutions that have sought and earned U.S. accreditation. This study is based first on the researcher's own experience at an international institution and then on in-depth, semi-structured interviews with stakeholders at two additional institutions. Three international institutions posit that the benefits their institutions experience when seeking, earning, and maintaining U.S. accreditation far outweigh the challenges they face.
- Notes:
- Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-03, Section: A.
- Advisors: Zemsky, Robert; Committee members: Diane Eynon; Ellie Fogarty.
- Department: Higher Education Management.
- Ed.D. University of Pennsylvania 2019.
- Local Notes:
- School code: 0175
- ISBN:
- 9781085651639
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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