CHEA releases international quality principles for higher ed

By Tara García Mathewson. Beyond the international quality guidelines, CHEA is piloting a Quality Platform in China as a way to review nontraditional programs. CHEA has expressed concern with the increasing number of students seeking nontraditional programs that are not accredited or even, in many cases, evaluated. The Quality Platform provides a process through which to evaluate these programs, offering more information for students, governments, and the institutions themselves. CHEA presented the platform last August, still encouraging reflection about what institutions might be best-equipped to do the evaluation work, existing accreditors or new organizations focused exclusively on the nontraditional sector. More...