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Peer reviewedGlidden, Robert – Educational Record, 1996
This article reviews the history of accreditation of institutions of higher education in the context of the coming Congressional reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. It reports on the recent establishment of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and identifies organizational principles including the need for accreditation to be a…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Download full textGill, Wanda E. – 1993
This paper examines the role of outcomes assessment in the higher education accreditation process of the Middle States Association Commission on Higher Education region and considers future trends suggested by recent federal legislation. The recent reauthorization of the Higher Education Act stipulates an evolving role for the federal government…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, College Outcomes Assessment, Colleges
