Regional Accreditation of Southern Colleges and Universities

Autor/in	Rodriguez, Ricardo
Titel	Regional Accreditation of Southern Colleges and Universities
Quelle	(2021), (166 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Texas at Arlington
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	979-8-7906-5138-0
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Higher Education; Accreditation (Institutions); Geographic Regions; Institutional Characteristics; Two Year Colleges; Compliance (Legal); School Size; Enrollment; School Effectiveness; Competence; Academic Achievement; Educational Finance; Graduation Rate + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Accreditation; Institution; Institutions; Akkreditierung; Staatliche Anerkennung; Institut; Einschulung; Schuleffizienz; Kompetenz; Schulleistung; Bildungsfonds
Abstract	Higher education regional accreditation presents problems for colleges and universities in the Southern states. Research on regional accreditation has focused on qualitative approaches to understand how institutions experience accreditation reviews or on quantitative methodologies to examine a single issue of accreditation compliance. However, research has not examined the results of reaffirmation reviews in an entire region and in relation to institutional characteristics. This study aims to examine regional accreditation records of two-year and four-year institutions in the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) membership to understand the most challenging standards of accreditation and explore the relationship between accreditation noncompliance and institutional characteristics. Descriptive and inferential statistics were employed to analyze institutions' accreditation citations as related to selected institutional characteristics. Through a dimensionality reduction, four accreditation standards factors emerged as the most difficult to comply with for the Southern institutions (Institutional Effectiveness, Competence and Performance, Financial Stability, and Student Achievement). However, institutions significantly reduced the number of noncompliance citations by the end of the accreditation review suggesting the effectiveness of the reaffirmation process. Among other results, the size of an institution, in terms of its student enrollment, did not show a relationship to noncompliance with the Institutional Effectiveness, Competence and Performance, and Student Achievement factors; yet, larger institutions were more likely to address Financial Stability noncompliance issues than smaller institutions. Additionally, only institutional characteristics like Type of institution and Graduation rate had a significant effect on the number of accreditation citations received at the initial review stage. This study contributes to the existing regional accreditation literature by bringing attention to institutional characteristics and their role during a reaffirmation review. Further research is needed in regional accreditation to identify other issues in higher education that hinder institutions from navigating the reaffirmation review process more effectively. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01