Accreditation

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Accreditation

New Legal Challenge for Accreditation

October 5, 2007

For regional accreditors, the home field advantage may be in danger of disappearing. A preliminary ruling by a federal judge has found that California may not favor the Western Association of Sch…

Senate Higher Ed Bill Emerges (Slowly)

June 19, 2007

"The panel that advises the secretary of education on accreditation issues has grown increasingly controversial in recent months, as many college and accrediting officials have accused the E…

Senate and Spellings: Showdown Looms

June 18, 2007

"The plan for months has been for the U.S. Education Department to propose changes in federal regulations governing the higher education accreditation system by July, with the goal of having…

Lack of Consensus on Lack of Consensus

June 7, 2007

Recent meetings on federal rules governing accreditation ended with panelists not even agreeing to disagree. Recent meetings on federal rules gov…

Using the Portal as an Institutional Portfolio

January 1, 2004

The College of New Jersey sought to leverage technology to integrate our campus-wide planning process with our accreditation process. Traditionally, the accreditation process has required that in…

E-Learning at a Crossroads—What Price Quality?

January 1, 2007

E-Learning at a Crossroads—What Price Quality? For distance learning to flourish, higher education must address several challenges, including volume versus quality By Stephen R. Ruth ,…

Explaining the Accreditation Debate

January 1, 2007

"The federal rule making process on accreditation is a central part of the Education Department's strategy for carrying out the recommendations of the Spellings Commission, especially its…

IT Support for Successful Accreditation

October 10, 2006 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2006 Annual Conference

Major institutional accreditations may be as infrequent as once per decade, but the stakes are high. IT has important roles to play in collecting, analyzing, and reporting the self-assessment data …

Aligning Information Technology Standards with Accreditation Standards

May 9, 2006

This bulletin categorizes and compares the requirements of the U.S. regional accrediting bodies and key professional organizations related to technology administration and usage. Additionally, it…

Getting Certified: The Ins and Outs of CMALT, a U.K. Accreditation Scheme for Learning Technologists

October 19, 2005 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2005 Annual Conference

ALT, the United Kingdom's Association for Learning Technology, has launched CMALT, a peer-based scheme to accredit individuals as learning technologists. Attend this session to learn about CMA…