Accreditation on the edge : challenging quality assurance in higher education / edited by Susan D. Phillips and Kevin Kinser.
Contributor(s): Phillips, Susan D [editor.] | Kinser, Kevin [editor.].
Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2018Description: 283 p: 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781421425443 (hardcover :acidfree paper); 1421425440 (hardcover : acidfree paper).Subject(s): Universities and colleges -- Accreditation -- United States | Education, Higher -- Evaluation -- United States | Education, Higher -- Standards -- United States | Quality assurance -- United StatesGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | LB2331.615.U6 A35 2018 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000015978 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.