Offers a progress report on the evaluation of alternative learning forms by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the North Central Association. It is divided into four parts: 1) the commission's evaluation of nontraditional institutions and programs, 2) the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation--COPA--Project to Develop…

Reviews the purposes of institutional accreditation, changes in the policies and procedures of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools' Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, general institutional requirements and evaluative criteria for accreditation, services of the commission, types of member institutions, and candidacy…

Explains the evaluation and accreditation processes used by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools for postsecondary institutions. Focuses on the purposes of of institutional accreditation, the relationship between accreditation and institutional improvement, accreditation requirements and criteria, and agency services. (DMM)

Discusses the purposes of institutional accreditation, forms of affiliation with the North Central Association's Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, general institutional requirements, criteria for accreditation, candidate for accreditation status, accreditation and institutional improvement, services of the Commission, and varieties…

Discusses the purposes of institutional accreditation, forms of affiliation with the North Central Association's Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, general institutional requirements, criteria for accreditation, candidate for accreditation status, accreditation and institutional improvement, services of the commission, and varieties…

Reports on developments in the evaluation of nontraditional learning forms, with emphasis on the extended campus program. Developments within the North Central Association's Commission on Institutions of Higher Education were described, and developments within other agencies were noted. (Author/RK)

The newly fashionable accreditation emphasis on educational outcomes must not focus too narrowly on student achievement to the exclusion of other important criteria of institutional and educational quality. (MSE)

Reports on two recent surveys of regional/institutional accrediting agencies on the approach of accrediting commissions to the evaluation of educational outcomes. Highlights survey responses concerning the value of outcomes measurement and its relationship to educational quality. (DMM)

Described are the approach of the North Central Association's Commission on Institutions of Higher Education to the evaluation of institutions with off-campus programs, as well as the experiences of Commission staff members in the development of sequential evaluations for institutions with off-campus programs. Considerations made for…