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

CHEA 2014 Annual Conference, January 27 (evening) - January 29.
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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
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
1. The Role of the Liberal Arts in Quality Assurance of Undergraduate Education
At a time when broad-based general education is being questioned by employers, parents and public officials, how do we make a new case for the central role of the liberal arts in assuring high quality in undergraduate education? The Council of Independent Colleges, the national organization for approximately 700 nonprofit, private colleges and universities, has recently launched a public information campaign taking on this important challenge.
2. Can Accreditation Keep Pace with Change?
Accreditation has evolved effectively to address many of the emerging challenges in higher education. However, as the rate and range of change continue to accelerate, can accreditation as currently structured continue to respond to—or even anticipate—the transformation that may be taking place? What are some things that might be done to ensure the continued currency of accreditation—regional, programmatic, national?
3. The Delphi Project on Faculty and Student Success and the Role of Accreditation
As the numbers of contingent faculty, whether full-time or part-time, continue to grow, what is the impact on student success? What role does accreditation play to assure quality in this changing environment?
4. The Challenges of Quality Assurance in Taiwan What are the key features of quality assurance in Taiwan?
What challenges have been addressed and what are future challenges?
5. Accreditation Issues for Competency-Based Education Programs
Competency-Based Education (CBE) is growing in popularity nationally. Western Governors University, a fully CBE institution, is currently partnering with 11 community colleges as they develop their own CBE programs. This session will review WGU’s journey and accommodations to fit into accrediting frameworks designed for a different paradigm, plus the issues arising for the community college partners.
6. Where Do Information Technology and Quality Assurance Meet?
What changes in accreditation practice have resulted from major changes in technology during the past decade? How are accrediting organizations managing these changes?
7. Faculty and Accreditation
What are faculty perceptions of accreditation? How might faculty gain from working with accrediting organizations to address the growing federal oversight?
8. International Accreditation and Student Learning Results in Mongolia
How are higher education and quality assurance in Mongolia working to improve student learning outcomes? What role has Peregrine Academic Services played?