Involvement and Empowerment of Minorities and Women in the Accrediting Process: Report of a National Study.

Autor/inn/en	Simmons, Howard L.; und weitere
Institution	State and Regional Higher Education Center, Florida.
Titel	Involvement and Empowerment of Minorities and Women in the Accrediting Process: Report of a National Study.
Quelle	(1986), (94 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Accreditation (Institutions); Accrediting Agencies; Administrative Policy; Career Ladders; Consultants; Empowerment; Females; Higher Education; Minority Groups; National Surveys; Participant Satisfaction; Power Structure; Professional Personnel; Questionnaires; Self Evaluation (Groups) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Accreditation; Institution; Institutions; Akkreditierung; Staatliche Anerkennung; Institut; Consultant; Berater; Weibliches Geschlecht; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ethnische Minderheit; Personalbestand; Fragebogen; Self evaluation; Group; Groups; Selbstevaluation; Gruppe (Soz)
Abstract	The participation of minorities and women in the accrediting process was examined in a national study, based on the perspectives of the accrediting agencies, the member institutions, and active participants in the process. Accrediting agencies belonging to the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation provided names of colleges that conducted a self-study in a 3-year period. Survey instruments were sent to the accrediting agencies and a sample of the colleges. Women and minorities who had been identified by the institutions were also surveyed to determine their experiences in the accrediting process as well as perceived or actual empowerment derived from such participation. Findings included: better data on the participation of minorities and women in accreditation are needed; 89% of respondent colleges viewed participation in accreditation as being prestigious and as an enhancer of professional mobility, and nearly all individual participants indicated that involvement had resulted in some form of empowerment; all but three of the accrediting agency policy-making boards reported female representation, while 12 agencies reported no minority board membership. Additional findings and recommendations to accrediting agencies, colleges, and participants are provided, along with the survey questionnaires. (SW)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01