tailieunhanh - Accreditation

Assuring quality. Accreditation is the primary means by which colleges, universities and programs assure quality to students and the public. Accredited status is a signal to students and the public that an institution or program meets at least threshold standards for its faculty, curriculum, student services and libraries. Accredited status is conveyed only if institutions and programs provide evidence of fiscal stability. | ACCREDITATION AND RECOGNITION IN THE UNITED STATES Judith S. Eaton, President Council for Higher Education Accreditation, USA A national advocate and institutional voice for self-regulation of academic quality through accreditation, CHEA is an association of 3,000 degree-granting colleges and universities and recognizes 60 institutional and programmatic accrediting organizations. Accreditation and Recognition Involve Higher Education Institutions and Programs Accrediting Organizations Recognition Bodies State Government Federal Government Students, Families and the Public Complex Relationships Higher Education Institutions . Congress CHEA USDE Accrediting Organizations Institutions Programs States States 19,400 Accredited Programs 7,000 Accredited Institutions 19 Institutional Accrediting Organizations Regional (8) Faith-Related(4) Career-Related (7) Government Regulation . Department of Education Relationship among Institutions Accredited by Recognized . | ACCREDITATION AND RECOGNITION IN THE UNITED STATES Judith S. Eaton, President Council for Higher Education Accreditation, USA A national advocate and institutional voice for self-regulation of academic quality through accreditation, CHEA is an association of 3,000 degree-granting colleges and universities and recognizes 60 institutional and programmatic accrediting organizations. Accreditation and Recognition Involve Higher Education Institutions and Programs Accrediting Organizations Recognition Bodies State Government Federal Government Students, Families and the Public Complex Relationships Higher Education Institutions . Congress CHEA USDE Accrediting Organizations Institutions Programs States States 19,400 Accredited Programs 7,000 Accredited Institutions 19 Institutional Accrediting Organizations Regional (8) Faith-Related(4) Career-Related (7) Government Regulation . Department of Education Relationship among Institutions Accredited by Recognized Accrediting Organizations, Recognized Accrediting Organizations and Recognition Bodies* Institutions and Programs Accrediting Organizations** Recognition Bodies Create, fund, participate in Review and accredit Create, fund, all members*** *2007 CHEA Almanac of External Quality Review **Some accrediting organizations are recognized only by CHEA, some only by USDE, some by both. ***Not all accredited institutions are members of CHEA. Create, fund, participate in Review and accredit 61 Programmatic Accrediting Organizations Self Regulation Council for Higher Education Accreditation Review and recognize . Accreditation and Recognition are Grounded in Certain Values . . . That higher education institutions have primary responsibility for academic quality: They are the leaders and the primary sources of authority in academic matters. That institutional mission is central to all judgments of academic quality. That institutional autonomy is essential to sustaining and enhancing academic quality.