Reviews the origins and development of accreditation, focusing on the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education. Reviews modifications in the Commission's accreditation process, including abandonment of fixed quantitative standards; emphasis on institutional development, monitoring and policing; open sharing of recommendations; broadening of…

This Supplement has been prepared to be used with U.S. Office of Education Bulletin 1939, No. 2, which is the latest complete bulletin of accredited secondary schools in the United States. It shows under each State: First, names of schools which should be added to the corresponding lists (both local and regional) in the bulletin; next, those which…

The "Flexner Report" of 1910, which described 155 U.S. and Canadian medical schools, is discussed, along with its influence on later studies of academic quality. Scholars almost universally agree that the Flexner Report dramatically changed the nature of medical education in the United States, although they disagree about how this…

At the time of the twenty-second annual meeting of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, held in St. Louis, Missouri, March 23-24, 1917, authority was given the Commission on Secondary Schools to make a detailed comparative study of the data gathered that year from the accredited secondary schools. The commission has for…

Describes the North Central Association's 1965 decision to require member schools to undertake a self-study followed by a team visitation every seven years. Offers background for the decision, a description of the decision process, and information on subsequent decisions. (DMM)

This volume was commissioned to mark the centennial of the North Central Association (NCA) of Colleges and Schools in 1996. It reviews the organization's history and explores the internal culture of the NCA, the role of accreditation, and the unique relationship between educational voluntary associations and the federal government. The book sees…

Accreditation practices and the standards used to accredit secondary schools should reflect the best that is known about secondary education if they are to serve a real purpose. To this end, responsible State agencies are constantly reexamining and revising their practices and their standards. The present study is designed to make it possible for…

Secondary education continues to grow. The number of high-school graduates increases from year to year, and the percentage of these graduates who go to higher institutions is still on the increase. It is imperative that a list of those secondary schools that do a standard quantity and quality of work be accessible to students who wish to do…

The American high school is a growing institution, and now includes more than 19,000 public high schools; 2,500 private high schools and academies; and more than 300 preparatory departments of universities and colleges. To a large majority of secondary students, the modern high school is their final school; to others it is a preparatory school, an…

The Office of Education publishes at regular intervals a compilation of lists of institutions of higher education accredited by nationally recognized regional and professional accrediting agencies and by State agencies responsible for accrediting within the various States. This bulletin is the eleventh in the series, replacing the 1956 edition.…

The relationship between the organizational scale of schooling (school and school district size) and school success is examined. The history of the movement toward larger school units, the evidence of the effects of that movement, and possible research strategies for further investigation of the issue are discussed. (JKS)

Developments that highlight the importance of state oversight and authorization of higher education institutions and the objectives of the current Colorado Springs seminar on this topic are considered. In addition to the basic fact that states are the origin of chartering, licensing, and authorization of educational institutions, states have…

Examines the institutional history of public schools in the United States in the context of gender, and investigates gender practices and policies in the context of formal education. There was far less gender segregation in classrooms under the control of teachers than in informal groups of children outside adult supervision. (BJV)

On the basis of an extended conference composed of school superintendents and principals in June, 1918, the Arkansas State Board of Education issued, June 1, 1920, a preliminary outline of a course of study for high schools. This circular also contained certain standard requirements for approved high schools. Contained in the outline were the…

Discusses evaluation of higher education in Brazil, including the Institutional Evaluation Program of the Brazilian Universities (PAIUB) and its replacement by a National Examination of Study Diplomas. Describes background, early initiatives regarding quality, and the new governmental approach to quality evaluation (including the new political…