Council for Higher Education Accreditation

CHEA Advisory Council Podcast Series: DEAC

CHEA is pleased to announce a new series of accreditation podcasts featuring contributions from all seven of the accrediting organizations that serve on CHEA's Accreditor Advisory Council. These short podcasts address accreditation and the accreditation process from the accreditor’s perspective. Each individual organization’s podcast speaks to issues of interest to accredited institutions and programs and the accreditation community. 

We thank the members of CHEA's Accreditor Advisory Council for their thoughtful presentations, which will be of value to CHEA members and other accreditation stakeholders.

CHEA Webinar Series: Understanding CHEA Recognition and its Importance to Education

The purpose of this webinar is to provide an opportunity for webinar participants to develop a deeper understanding of the rigor and purpose of the CHEA recognition process, who the accrediting organizations are that are recognized by CHEA and how accrediting organizations and, by extension, member institutions benefit from the CHEA-recognition process.
 
Panelists include Robert Clark, President and CEO, Husson University; Leah Matthews, Executive Director of the Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC); and Darrell Cain, President of Pierce College Puyallup.
 
The webinar presents valuable perspective on the CHEA recognition process and its value to CHEA-recognized accrediting organizations and CHEA member institutions.

CHEA Webinar: Institutional Liability, Clinical Programs and Quality

The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) invites you to participate in a webinar on institutional liability, clinical programs and quality. 

 

The webinar will focus on questions including:

 

• Distinction between risks associated with universities, programs with clinical requirements and risks associated with accreditors: What might liability protection look like for each group?
• Do virtual clinicals carry the same level of quality preparation as on-site preparation … and what type of evidence would verify “quality” preparation? Do "virtual" clinicals meet the requirements for licensing exams?
• What challenges can be expected with virtual clinicals? How will these challenges be mitigated? Should accreditors expect virtual clinicals to become the norm beyond COVID-19?
• What is the process for “norming” virtual clinicals across national accreditors’ boundaries?

 

Panelists will include Sonny Ramaswamy, President, Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities; Marsal Stoll, Chief Executive Officer, Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing; Peggy Valentine, Interim Chancellor, Fayetteville State University; and Tom Smalling, Chief Executive Officer, Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care.

 

The webinar will present valuable dialogue for accreditation and quality assurance leaders, faculty and academic administrators, higher education associations and government officials.

Digitization on Higher Education and Quality Assurance: An Interview with James Keevy

The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) has produced a podcast featuring a conversation between James Keevy, CEO of JET Education Services, and CHEA President Judith Eaton. In the podcast, Keevy and Eaton discuss digitization – its key features and importance – and the impact of digitization on higher education and quality assurance.
(Duration: 30:03) Published February 11, 2020

What Lies Ahead for Accreditation

Judith Eaton, President of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), discusses what lies ahead for accreditation, both in terms of federal laws the public’s perception of accreditation and its value. She outlines where we currently stand in regards to accreditation and federal policy, addresses the likelihood of a reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, talks about what is most important for accreditation moving forward and how CHEA and accreditation can provide leadership.  (Duration: 13:22) Published: Oct. 4, 2019

CHEA/CIQG Webinar Series: The Future Of Value-Based Higher Education And Quality Assurance – The Future Of Academic Freedom

Academic freedom has emerged as an issue of profound importance during the past few years, especially as we have seen changes in governments around the world. It is receiving even more attention now, given the COVID-19 pandemic and the current social unrest around race and equity. For quality assurance, this attention to academic freedom has meant an expanded focus on this important subject, seeking to preserve and enhance this core value in colleges and universities through quality review around the world. The principle of academic freedom can be defined as the freedom for members of the academic community - that is scholars, teachers and students - to follow their scholarly activities within a framework determined by that community in respect of ethical rules and international standards, and without outside pressure. The Webinar will debate the contours of academic freedom both as it relates to institutions and quality assurance: What rights and obligations are attached to it from a European, Latin American and Scholars at Risk perspectives, and how these concepts are being challenged today?

The fourth webinar in the CHEA/CIQG series, jointly hosted with International Association Of Universities. For more information Click Here.

CHEA/CIQG Webinar Series: Higher Education and Quality in Fall 2020:What Do We Need to Do and How Do We Do It Well?

On May 28, 2020 the CHEA/CIQG hosted a Webinar on what higher education needs to do to prepare for the Fall 2020. Worldwide there are questions about whether colleges and universities will open and how, including whether education will be offered on-campus or online or both.

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CHEA/CIQG Webinar Series - Assuring Quality in Higher Education in a Time of Crisis

The Council for Higher Education Accreditation/ International Quality Group (CHEA/CIQG) hosted a Webinar on May 6, 2020 on the important topic of assuring quality in higher education during the COVID-19 crisis now facing the world.

This 90-minute Webinar will explore how higher education institutions are reacting to offering teaching and learning online and especially providing quality provision in this time of adversity. How will learning continue and, as important, how will its quality be assured?

Issues to be addressed include:
What are the key elements for successful online teaching and learning as the number of online students are growing exponentially around the world?
What is the role of quality assurance bodies in addressing quality, working with institutions?

Panelists:
Judith Eaton (Moderator), President, CHEA
Peter Okebukola, President, Global University Network for Innovation - Africa (Nigeria)
Rodrigo Guerra Botello, Secretary-General, Federation of Mexican Private Higher Education Institutions (Mexico)
Concepcion Pijano, International Consultant for Education, EU Support to Higher Education in the ASEAN Region (Philippines)
Carolyn Campbell, Senior Consultant, The Observatory on Borderless Higher Education (United Kingdom) 
Jianxin Zhang, Chief Expert of Yunnan Higher Education Evaluation Center and President, Asia-Pacific Quality Network (China)

The Webinar will be of value to quality assurance leaders, academic leaders such as faculty and academic administrators, higher education associations and government officials.

CHEA/CIQG Webinar Series: Sustaining and Enhancing Institutional Autonomy: The Role of Quality Assurance

On April 16, 2020 CHEA/CIQG held a 90-minute Webinar on the important role of quality assurance in sustaining and enhancing institutional autonomy. 

 

This 90-minute Webinar addressed institutional autonomy and quality assurance in several countries and regions.  The discussion includes exploring the complexity of what "institutional autonomy" means in various places around the world as well as the role quality assurance can play to sustain and strengthen institutional autonomy.

 

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