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ACCREDITATION REFORM IS FOR REAL
  • Ralph Wolff, Executive Director
  • Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities
  • Western Association of Schools and Colleges
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Four Themes of Accreditation Reform (2001 – 04)
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Four Themes (cont.)
  • 3.     A shift from a single comprehensive visit to a variety of new visit processes.


  • 4.     A redefinition of accreditation from a conservator of traditional values to an agent for change.


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Accreditation Reform:  Similar Directions, Multiple Models


  • North Central – AQIP model
  • SACS – Required Quality Improvement Plans
  • MSA – New Learning Centered Standards
  • ACCJC (WASC) – required learning outcomes at course, program and institutional levels
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WASC (Senior): Multi-Stage, Learning Centered Model
  • Primary Characteristics:
  •  Iterative
  •  Feedback-based
  •  Multi-staged and -dimensional


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