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Title Accreditation of higher education : background, issues and considerations / Leah Martinez, editor
Published New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2015]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Education in a competitive and globalizing world series
Education in a competitive and globalizing world series
Contents An overview of accreditation of higher education in the United States / Alexandra Hegji -- Higher education : education should strengthen oversight of schools and accreditors / United States Government Accountability Office -- Testimony of Michale S. McComis, Executive Director, Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC). Hearing on '"Keeping college within reach : discussing program quality through accreditation" -- Statement of Kevin Carey, Director, Education Policy Program, New America Foundation. Hearing on "Keeping college within reach : discussing program quality through accreditation" -- Testimony of Arthur Levine, President, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Hearing on "Accreditation as quality assurance : meeting the needs of 21st century learning" -- Statement of Ralph A. Wolff, Former President of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Hearing on "Accreditation as quality assurance : meeting the needs of 21st century learning"
Summary Historically, accreditation in higher education developed as a part of the evolution of the American higher education system, at a time when it was becoming problematic that no single point of control or central body existed to set educational standards. In the late 19th century, there was no consensus on the content of the educational programs offered by postsecondary educational institutions or the distinctions between educational offerings at secondary and postsecondary institutions. Because the boundaries were unclear, the first voluntary association of postsecondary institutions was forme
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject Universities and colleges -- Accreditation -- United States
Education, Higher -- United States.
EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
EDUCATION -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General.
EDUCATION -- Higher.
Education, Higher
Universities and colleges -- Accreditation
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Martinez, Leah, editor
LC no. 2020678905
ISBN 9781634828680
1634828682