1. The Accreditation Landscape, Standards, Trends and Gaps
Allison Powell, VP of iNACOL
Cameron Staples, CEO NEASC
Sanje Ratnavale, Managing Partner of OESIS
October 2013

2. Presentation The Landscape of Accreditation- Sanje Ratnavale
Leading Associations
Accreditation Bodies
Standards
Clearing Houses
Protocols available
Quality Standards - Allison Powell
Structure of Program Standards
Subject Specific Issues from Science to Performing Arts
Other Gaps
Quality Debate moving from Input to Outputs driven by Common Core
Collaboration & Substantive Change Issues- NEASC
Panel and Open Discussion

3. Collaborative Arrangements Degree of Equivalence
In all cases = Substantive Change?
Degree of burden dependent on partner accreditation
Same regional body
prior notification
Equivalent D. of E. body
Prior approval
Self-certification
Non Equivalent body
Prospectus

4. SACS 1. Conformity with Core Standards.
Collaborative Arrangements Ensuring the Quality of the Credits Recorded on Transcripts.
SACS
1. Conformity with Core Standards.
2. Effective Assessment and monitoring by academically-qualified persons.
3. Disclosure to constituencies and Transparency
4. Agreement on Teaching Methodologies
5. Equivalent Quality of Teaching Qualifications
6. Processes for assessing Educational outcomes
8. Joint accountability of faculty

5. Collaborative Arrangements Ensuring the Quality of the Credits Recorded on Transcripts.
Taking a grade as your own
“it must be able to demonstrate that the instruction was accomplished under the Member’s own supervision and included approval of the academic qualifications of each instructor in advance and the regular
evaluation of the effectiveness of each instructor. The Member institution’s approach might include the joint appointment of instructors.”