Sign Up Now
Get instant access to over 1 million+ study documents
OR
Already registered? click here to login
By creating your account, you agree to our terms of service, privacy policy and student honor code.
U.S. Institutional Accreditation Issues
The accreditation of higher education in the United States protects institutional academic autonomy to a limited extent. Accreditation is key to ensuring that students actually get a quality education. There are certain standards that are specified by accrediting entities when evaluating different universities. If universities do not meet or exceed those standards which involve aspects of course objectives, content, requirements and more (Sandler, 2003), they do not earn accreditation status. There are numerous students who are aware of the fact that universities that provide quality educations have some level of accreditation, if not accreditation from multiple accrediting agencies. Thus, when analyzing the limited extent to which the accreditation of higher education in America protects academic autonomy, it is critical to note that for the most part it actually restricts academia to rigorous standards more than it simply provides it unmitigated autonomy, which is why certain entities are calling for a "deregulation" (Dill, 2002, p. 1) of universities.
Still, it is vital to understand the degree of autonomy that formal academic institutions have in spite of accreditation. Accreditation agencies do not necessarily dictate the particular curriculum that an institution of higher education has. It does not...
Instead, accrediting agencies measure the overall "quality" (National Advisory, 2015) of university facilities. For instance, they evaluate the merit of its library, its classrooms, and the credentials of its professors. In this regard, there is actually a fair amount of autonomy that the accrediting process affords institutions, for the simple fact that it allows them to have considerable license with its curriculum. The accrediting agencies are merely evaluating the overall effects of that curriculum, as well as of the facilities in which it is implemented. Additionally, it scrutinizes those that are teaching that curriculum to ensure that students actually get a diploma that is worth their considerable time and effort if they happen to graduate (Eaton, 2015, p. 3).
Moreover, there are some aspects of accreditation that actually encourage autonomy among institutions of higher education in the U.S. This fact is most readily demonstrated in the notion that accrediting agencies are partially responsible for new or progressive disciplines, subjects, and areas of scholarship in universities. Accrediting agencies could choose to revoke their accreditation or neglect to renew it in instances in which schools introduce progressive subject matter into the course loads that…
References
Dill, D. (2002). "Allowing the market to rule: the case of the United States." Higher Education Quarterly. 57 (2), 136-157.Retrieved from http://www.unc.edu/ppaq/docs/HEQ_03.pdf
Eaton, J. (2015). "An overview of U.S. accreditation." www.chea.org Retrieved from http://www.chea.org/pdf/Overview%20of%20US%20Accreditation%202015.pdf
Sandler, R. B. (2003). Accreditation of universities in the U.S.A. www.rbs2.com Retrieved from http://www.rbs2.com/accred.htm#anchor
U.S. Department of Education. "National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity." www.ed.gov Retrieved from http://www.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/naciqi.html
Experts in the field claim that the activity of accreditation represents a key mechanism to evaluate healthcare facilities' performance and enhance care delivery safety and quality. The term "accreditation" describes the external assessment process for evaluating hospitals' and other healthcare centers' performance by studying their adherence to a number of pre-established, well-defined written performance benchmarks. It aims at encouraging ongoing quality improvements instead of merely upholding least-required performance levels. Accreditation
Corrections Accreditation and Privatization Privatization and accreditation are some of the emerging and largely contentious issues in the corrections field. In this text, I concern myself with a number of issues relating to prisons privatization and corrections accreditation. Corrections Accreditation The American Correctional Association (n.d.) defines corrections accreditation as "a system of verification that correctional agencies/facilities comply with national standards promulgated by the American Correctional Association (ACA)." When seeking to be accredited, facilities
Risk Management A Vital Component in the Governance of Health Care Institutions Risk exists in any endeavor. Many people drive every day risking a traffic collision, others live in areas where the risk of spring tornados is extreme, and still other people work around high power electric lines. The question to ask is how can a person moderate the risks that they face each day? Make sure that the vehicle is performing
Stated to be barriers in the current environment and responsible for the reporting that is inadequate in relation to medical errors are: Lack of a common understanding about errors among health care professionals Physicians generally think of errors as individual that resulted from patient morbidity or mortality. Physicians report errors in medical records that have in turn been ignored by researchers. Interestingly errors in medication occur in almost 1 of every 5 doses
Accreditation According to the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), "accreditation is a nongovernmental process conducted by representatives of postsecondary institutions and professional groups. As conducted in the United States, accreditation focuses on the quality of institutions of higher and professional education and on the quality of educational programs within institutions" (Standards of accreditation for post-baccalaureate nurse residency programs, 2008, CCNE). Accreditation is a source of objective evidence from an outside
In doing so, organizations: advance the idea of public assurance that the organization is concerned for patient safety and the quality of care present a safe and capable work environment that adds to worker satisfaction negotiate in regards to sources of payment for care in regards to data on the quality of care pay attention to patients and their families, value their rights, and connect them in the care process