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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Accreditation : introduction to a contested space / Susan D. Phillips and Kevin Kinser -- Quality assurance and quality improvement : why and how accreditation works / Sylvia Manning -- Change in higher education accreditation : the perspective of a national accreditor / Leah K. Matthews -- The evolving context of quality assurance : a perspective from specialized and professional accreditation / Joseph Vibert -- Fixing a broken accreditation system : how to bring quality assurance into the 21st century / Anne Neal and Armand Alacbay -- Innovation and quality assurance in higher education / Michael B. Horn and Alana Dunagan -- Regulatory experimentation, accreditation, and innovation : EQUIP as a blueprint for the future of higher education / Paul J. LeBlanc -- Tensions in the triad : the evolution of institutional quality assurance policy and thoughts on its future development / Peter T. Ewell -- Managing risk to students and taxpayers in federal financial aid / David Bergeron -- Accreditors as policy leaders : promoting transparency, judgment and culture change / Jamienne S. Studley -- Crossing borders : accreditation and quality assurance in a globalized world / Madeleine F. Green -- The employer quest for the quality college graduate recruit : core skills employers seek in graduate hires and how higher education can better meet these needs / Edwin W. Koc -- Accreditation and return on investment / Mark Schneider and Audrey Peek -- Does accreditation protect students effectively? / Barmak Nassirian and Thomas L. Harnisch -- Conclusion : accreditation : critical issues for the path forward / Kevin Kinser and Susan D. Phillips. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Universities and colleges -- Accreditation -- United States.
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Universities and colleges -- Accreditation. |
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United States. |
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Education, Higher -- United States -- Evaluation.
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Education, Higher. |
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Evaluation. |
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Education, Higher -- Standards -- United States.
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Education, Higher -- Standards. |
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Quality assurance -- United States.
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Quality assurance. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Phillips, Susan D., editor.
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Kinser, Kevin, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Accreditation on the edge. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018 1421425440 9781421425443 (OCoLC)1007038256 |
| ISBN |
9781421425450 (electronic book) |
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1421425459 (electronic book) |
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1421425459 (electronic) |
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9781421425443 |
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1421425440 |
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