The document addresses issues that members of both our organisations have been concerned about for quite some time and now enables a much-desired best-practice approach. It also signals the start of a closer collaboration between Universities Australia and Professions Australia as well as our respective members. We believe that this collaboration will be a sound foundation for our both contributions to 21^st Century Australia. The Statement is an essential document for associations who carry out the professional accreditation of university courses as well as those associations who would like to know more about accreditation principles and roles and the responsibilities of universities and professional associations undertaking accreditation. More...

Interaction is crucial to student satisfaction in online courses. Adding synchronous components (virtual classroom technologies) to online courses can facilitate interaction. In this study, interaction within a synchronous virtual classroom was investigated by surveying 21 graduate students in an instructional technology program in the southeastern United States. More...

The National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement (NCEQE) of Georgia has launched a permanent call for international experts of programme accreditation of higher education institutions.
The NCEQE is responsible for external evaluations as well as programme and institutional accreditation in Georgia. Experts will be required to draft external evaluation reports on relevant study programmes of Georgian universities. Applications from experts in the legal, medical and pedagogical studies fields are particularly encouraged.
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By Michael Stratford. In a lawsuit that could chart new ground, the consumer bureau is battling in court for information about how an accreditor approved some of the most controversial for-profit colleges. Read more...

By Eric Kelderman. In recent years, Judith S. Eaton has worked behind the scenes, mostly, to persuade the nation’s major regional accreditors to accept rising calls to hold colleges more accountable for their academic outcomes. More...

By Eric Kelderman. The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, one of the nation’s seven regional accreditors, had asked the U.S. Department of Education to allow it to accredit baccalaureate programs at two-year colleges. More...

The processes of accrediting the quality of university education in the world was the central theme of the debate papers at the Third International Barcelona Conference on Higher Education. The plenary papers by Carlos Tünnermann, Federico Mayor Zaragoza and Edgar Morin provided the counterpoint to a conference which saw the presentation of the second GUNi Report on Higher Education in the World. See more...