Innovation in Accreditation and Higher Education: Accrediting Organizations Describe Their Engagement. CHEA/CIQG Publication Series

Institution	Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) International Quality Group (CIQG); NORC at the University of Chicago
Titel	Innovation in Accreditation and Higher Education: Accrediting Organizations Describe Their Engagement. CHEA/CIQG Publication Series
Quelle	(2019), (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Innovation; Accreditation (Institutions); Higher Education; Educational Quality; Quality Assurance; Standards; Educational Innovation; Barriers; Nontraditional Education; Influences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Accreditation; Institution; Institutions; Akkreditierung; Staatliche Anerkennung; Institut; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Qualitätssicherung; Standard; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor
Abstract	This survey and its findings provide a comprehensive look at U.S. recognized institutional and programmatic accrediting organizations and what they report about how they address the challenge of innovation with quality in higher education. Conducted for the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) by NORC at the University of Chicago in 2018, the work is a continuation of CHEA's longstanding commitment to encourage, lead and support greater capacity-building in accreditation to meet the challenge to innovate throughout higher education. The need for enhanced workforce development combined with ongoing concern about college affordability have also placed a premium on innovation. A key part of this attention to innovation is assurance of quality, with accreditation as central to achieving this goal. Four key points emerge from the survey: (1) Accrediting organizations, in general, view themselves as moderately innovative; (2) Innovation, as described by accrediting organizations, most often referred to distance education, competency-based education, changes in accreditation standards and the frequency with which either accreditors, institutions or programs were undertaking substantive change as defined by the federal government in its oversight of accreditation; (3) While a number of accrediting organizations review partnerships between traditional institutions and alternative providers of higher education, the majority do not plan to expand their work to focus solely on alternative providers; and (4) Accreditors view funding constraints and the traditional higher education business model as barriers to innovation in their work. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Council for Higher Education Accreditation. One Dupont Circle Suite 510, Washington, DC 20016. Tel: 202-955-6126; Fax: 202-955-6129; e-mail: chea@chea.org; Web site: http://www.chea.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01