Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.