In July 2000, 16 higher education leaders gathered to participate in an invitational symposium on preserving quality in distributed education. The symposium explored the topic of quality assurance in distributed learning, focusing on college-level, credit-bearing teaching and learning experiences. The first part of this paper focuses on questions…

A project was conducted to suggest modifications to the American Academy of Physician Assistants' accreditation system for group-oriented continuing medical education (CME) programs. Other objectives were to maintain a roster of such CME programs and search for alternative means for physician assistants (PAs) to maintain and update their skills…

A review of the literature on the American educational system as well as results from the author's national survey on curriculum articulation provide the basis for a proposal that would restructure elementary, secondary, and higher education in the United States. The proposed system would offer all American citizens two free years of college level…

This paper describes the efforts at an American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accredited college as the school responded to the new mission-driven management expectations and prepared for the formal review of its accreditation status by the AACSB. Under the direction of Computer Information Systems (CIS) faculty, end-user…