Accreditation

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Accreditation

More Meaningful Accreditation

April 22, 2009

Regional accrediting group contemplates major shift that would separate "compliance" from "improvement," with goal of increasing rigor and transparency of former and flexibili…

A Break From Purgatory, Barely

July 23, 2008

Margaret Spellings gives partial relief to accreditor of liberal arts programs, allowing it to approve new colleges but extending its recognition for 3 (not 5) years, citing lingering concerns. …

Ford Policy Forum 2008

July 16, 2008

Ford Policy Forum 2008 contains the papers presented and discussed at the Ford Policy Forum, held during the Forum’s 2007 Aspen Symposium.  The Ford Policy Forum studies key economic issue…

Foreseeing the Future of Accreditation

June 30, 2008

"This spring, in the wake of nearly two years of conflict in which the U.S. Education Department was widely perceived as trying to transform higher education accreditors into enforcers in it…

Applying NEASC Best Practices to Ensure the Quality of Online Programs

March 12, 2008 | A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference 2008

Brandeis University's Division of Graduate Professional Studies offers entire graduate certificate and degree programs via distance learning. This presentation will illustrate how the division…

Information Literacy: Reinforcing Student Skills Through Two Digital Archives

March 11, 2008 | A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference 2008

As information literacy and active learning principles are being incorporated into accreditation standards, the teaching of these skills is becoming a broader campus concern. This session will feat…

Someone Didn’t Get the Memo

December 19, 2007

As U.S. accreditation advisory panel — with Congress watching — seeks to show kinder, gentler side, some members take aggressive tack on regional agencies. …

Warning on Tuition, Shift on Accreditation

November 15, 2007

"If the Higher Education Act bill that House Democrats introduced late last week did not persuade college leaders that the issue of college prices is and will remain front and center on …

Academic Analytics

October 15, 2007

The importance of student success (commonly measured as degree completion) continues to rise, as does the demand for institutional accountability. Academic analytics can help institutions address…

Institutional Research and IT: Bringing Data, Information, and Insights to the Accreditation Process

October 9, 2007

This ECAR research bulletin describes the results of recent organizational changes and work at Colorado College that are aimed at improving collaboration between IT, institutional research, and o…