A training project for regional accreditation evaluation teams of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) was evaluated. The project was designed to train WASC team members to understand and use effectively newly-developed standards and to function effectively in team visits. Training procedures were as follows: a workshop for…

Substantial changes were found to have occurred in the age distribution and evaluation team experience of institutional accreditation team visitors and chairpersons employed between 1970 and 1977. Criticisms such as "clubiness," duplication of effort, and preference for or dominance of certain types of institutions are discussed. (Author/LBH)

The author delineates major changes needed in the regional accreditation of postsecondary insitutions--a redefinition of terms, a clarification of purposes, and the implementation of new service-oriented programs--and outlines how regional agencies can accomplish these changes. (Editor/JT)

A guide for institutional self-study is presented that covers departmental and programmatic or specialized self-study and accreditation. The guide is intended as a handbook for participants in self-study processes, as a basic reference for administrators on processes and uses of self-study, and as a reader-manual for workshops on self-study and…

As a follow-up to a 1979 study ("Multiple Accreditation Relationships of Postsecondary Institutions in the United States") by the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation (COPA) this report presents answers to some of the questions raised then. The purpose was to: explore in a longitudinal way most of the major facets of the 1979 study; explore in a…

Aspects of the system of institutional evaluation in American higher education are described and examined, including the state role, voluntary peer instiutional accreditation, institutional self-evaluation, trends, theoretical and policy considerations, and the possible applications of the U.S. system in other settings. (MSE)

Accreditation relationships of postsecondary institutions in the United States are described in this study conducted by the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation (COPA). All regionally accredited institutions in four of the established regions (Middle States, New England, Western, Northern) and a sample of states from two of the regions (North…