Institutional cultures of assessment are praised as beneficial to student learning. Yet, extant
studies have not explored the theoretical foundations and pragmatic approaches to shaping …

ERIC - EJ1144229 - The Evolving Nature of Higher Education Accreditation: Legal
Considerations for Institutional Research Leaders, New Directions for Institutional Research, 2017 …

Este estudio cualitativo de caso múltiple examina las experiencias de líderes educativos y la
facultad en los procesos de acreditación de tres instituciones de educación superior en …

This quantitative study examined institutional perceptions of the benefits and costs
associated with National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) membership/accreditation …

Accreditation of institutions of higher education is costly but critical to the survival of colleges
in the United States. This study investigates the full costs of accreditation at two, small …

This qualitative study provides a descriptive analysis of the similarities and differences
among the US service academies with an emphasis on the engineering programs. The three …

Accreditation represents an expensive process in terms of time, resources, and money
(Alstete, 2007; Vanderbilt, 2015a, 2015b). Some have argued that accreditation also impacts …

Accreditation in higher education is a kind of quality assurance instrument: a formal
recognition by an external group of the maintenance of a certain minimum standard of …

There is an increasing emphasis on learning outcomes assessment in the accreditation
process in higher education in general and in library education specifically. This mixed …

This qualitative study explored how Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) providers
perceive the concepts of assessment, accountability, and accreditation. Seven MOOC …