Innovation, Disruption and the Status Quo: What Do We Want for Accreditation? - PLENARY SESSIONS

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Innovation, Disruption and the Status Quo: What Do We Want for Accreditation?.
PLENARY SESSION I: Opening Session Issues and Challenges for International Quality Assurance
What are the most significant issues for international quality review and countries working together to enhance higher education, quality and service to students?
PLENARY SESSION II The Changing Federal Government Role in Accreditation
The federal government’s focus on accreditation and academic quality has expanded considerably during the past several years. What will be its future role and how will this affect accreditation?
PLENARY III: LUNCHEON SESSION Higher Education Reauthorization, Accreditation and Congress
What are congressional leaders expecting to achieve through the upcoming reauthorization of the Higher Education Act? What are the implications for accreditation?
PLENARY SESSION IV Education Without College: What Is It? Is It Desirable? Can It Last?
What does it mean for students to undertake higher education, but outside a college or university? What are the implications for higher education, students and society?
PLENARY SESSION V Accreditation and Its Critics: What Do They Say and What Do We Do?
What are the major criticisms of accreditation? What is the evidence to support such concerns? How does accreditation respond?
PLENARY SESSION VI: CLOSING SESSION Do We Need a New Approach to Quality and Does This Include Accreditation?
What if, instead of seeking to modify existing federal law and regulation regarding accreditation, there were efforts to begin afresh, rethinking the accreditation-federal government relationship and the role of federal recognition? What would be most important?
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