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Higher Education Management and Policy, 2010
"System accreditation" is a new approach developed for German universities to conduct the mandatory accreditation of all their study programmes. A pilot project at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz is playing an important role in paving the way for this alternative to prevailing programme accreditation. This article describes how…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Academic Achievement, Quality Control, Foreign Countries
Alstete, Jeffrey W. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2004
This book focuses on contemporary accreditation, why it matters, and how it can be done effectively. The author covers historical background, getting started, strategies for achieving accreditation, and visions for future academic success, with examples and case studies. Accreditation is the primary way of ensuring the quality of higher education…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Accreditation (Institutions), Educational History, Program Development
Academy Update, 1994
This document consists of six issues of a newsletter entitled "Academy Update", extending from fall 1992 through fall 1995 (three years). This serial is published by the National Academy of Early Childhood (NAEYC) programs to improve and recognize the quality of care and education provided for young children in early childhood programs. The…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Child Health, Child Welfare
Werner, Soni – Child Care Information Exchange, 1996
Provides direction to child care center directors in conducting a climate survey which can indicate quality and staff morale problems with measures of motivation, commitment, satisfaction/dissatisfaction, responsibility, and staff concerns. Presents advice on the construct, administering, interpretation, and reporting of findings to avoid serious…
Descriptors: Day Care, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Educational Assessment
Union for Experimenting Colleges and Universities, Yellow Springs, OH. – 1977
The Union for Experimenting Colleges and Universities (UECU) was developed as an alternative form of postsecondary education, fostering the development of university without walls programs at a number of institutions and initiating its own undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Its commitment is to personalized, self-directed, lifelong…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, Educational Innovation, Educational Quality