American accreditation: Why do it?

A review of the history and purpose of accreditation followed by a brief case study of how a small specialist institution outside of the USA went through the process of becoming accredited. The changes needed inside the curriculum and inside the organization in order to make this significant organ...

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Main Author: Deborah Prince
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Laureate Education Inc 2012-09-01
Series:Higher Learning Research Communications
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Online Access:https://hlrcjournal.com/index.php/HLRC/article/view/71
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Summary:A review of the history and purpose of accreditation followed by a brief case study of how a small specialist institution outside of the USA went through the process of becoming accredited. The changes needed inside the curriculum and inside the organization in order to make this significant organizational development are reviewed and discussed.The paper concludes with some discussion as to why a non-US based institution might decide to become accredited by an outside agency. DOI: 10.18870/hlrc.v2i3.71
ISSN:2157-6254