Monitoring Change: Evaluating Institutions with Off-Campus Programs

Monitoring educational change is seen as a critical problem for regional accrediting commissions. The response by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the North Central Association to the problem is described, and procedures to validate educational quality in off-campus programs and...

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Published inNorth Central Association Quarterly Vol. 53; no. 3; p. 367
Main Author Thrash, Patricia A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 1979
Subjects
Accreditation (Institutions)
Accrediting Agencies
Educational Change
Educational Quality
Evaluation Methods
Higher Education
Institutional Evaluation
Nontraditional Education
Off Campus Facilities
Postsecondary Education
Sequential Approach
Summative Evaluation
Surveys
Validated Programs
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Summary:Monitoring educational change is seen as a critical problem for regional accrediting commissions. The response by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the North Central Association to the problem is described, and procedures to validate educational quality in off-campus programs and sequential evaluation are discussed. (MLW)