Presents the constitution and rules of procedures of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Lists association committees, members of the board of directors, and honorary members of the association. (DMM)

Presents the constitution and rules of procedures of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Lists board of directors members, association committees, the honorary members of the association. (AYC)

Covers name and incorporation, purposes, membership, territorial jurisdiction, meetings, board of directors, officers, commissions, indebtedness, waiver of notices, authority in the conduct of meetings, rules of procedure, and amendments. (AYC)

Reports a change of structure in the board of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Includes rules of procedure. (DMM)

Presents the constitution and rules of procedure of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Lists members of the Board of Directors and commissions of the association, honorary members, publications, and Commission on Schools. (DMM)

Presents general institutional requirements, criteria, and procedures for accreditation used by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education. Links accreditation to institutional improvement. Lists the Commission's services and actions; the members of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools; archaic names of member…

Reports on a study undertaken to determine the perceptions of members of the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education (North Central Association of Colleges and Schools) with regard to possible modifications, criticisms, and contributions of the Commission in its work in postsecondary accreditation. (AYC)

Offers the 1980 revision of North Central Association bylaws. Articles cover purposes, offices, geographical territory, membership, meetings, board of directors, officers, commissions, appeals, association committees, books and records, contracts, checks, funds, gifts, funding and dues, fiscal year, waiver of notice, authority, and amendments.…

Offers the 1980 revision of North Central Association bylaws. Articles cover purposes, offices, geographical territory, membership, meetings, board of directors, officers, commissions, appeals, association committees, books and records, contracts, checks, funds, gifts, funding and dues, fiscal year, seal, waiver of notice, authority, and…

Discusses limitations of the conventional role of regional accreditation, organizational changes that lead to an improvement in educational quality, and the role of accreditation in promoting such organizational changes. Offers recommendations for increasing the impact of accreditation (e.g., more differentiated standards, more clout for…

Traces changes in the federal role in and priorities for higher education and poses questions concerning the relationship between the federal government and the accrediting community. Highlights reports evidencing state concern for quality and differences among the states with regard to program review and accreditation. (DMM)

Reviews the purposes of institutional accreditation; general institutional requirements for members of the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education; criteria for accreditation; and commission services. Lists institutions accredited by the North Central Association alphabetically and by state. Explains candidate for accreditation status. (DMM)

Reviews the efforts of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools to reexamine the role of accrediting agencies in promoting institutional quality and institutional improvement. Summarizes the content of a series of sessions on the topic at the 1989 annual meeting of the association. (DMM)

Presents the informal position of the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools regarding how accreditation can best incorporate the goal of improving institutional quality without diminishing its success in measuring threshold quality. (DMM)