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32

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_USA_with_state_names.svg#/media/File:Map_of_USA_with_state_names_2.
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)

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)

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)

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)

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http://www.nuffic.nl/en/library/country-module-united-states.pdf [30 Mar 2015] p. 4
o Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (2014)

United States of America

http://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/area/usa/data.html [30 Mar 2015]o OECD (2014) Education at a Glance 2014: IECD Indicators, OECD Publishing, Available:
http://www.oecd.org/edu/Education-at-a-Glance-2014.pdf [20 Apr 2015], pp. 215, 249, 257, 271
o U.S. Census Bureau for the United States (2015) U.S. and World Population Clock, Available:
http://www.census.gov/popclock/ [3 Dec 2015]

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)

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60

70

1970

1980

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2
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25

6

6
(middle skill)o Altbach, P.G., Gumport, P.J. and Berdahl, R.O. (1998) American Higher Education in the Twenty-first Century, Baltimore:
John Hopkins University Press, pp.39-43, 57, 64

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o Staley, D.J. & Trinkle, D.A. (2011) The Changing Landscape of Higher Education, Educause review, Available:
http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/changing-landscape-higher-education [24 Mar 2015]2.

o National Center for Education Statistics (2012) Digest of Education Statistics: 2012, Available:
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d12/figures/fig_01.asp?referrer=figures [30 Mar 2015]

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(public)(for-profit)(private)2(4)(non-profit)

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o Eckel, P.D. & King, J.E. (2004) An Overview of Higher Education in the United States: Diversity, Access, and the Role ofthe Marketplace, Washington DC: American Council on Education, Available:
http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Documents/Overview-of-Higher-Education-in-the-United-States-Diversity-Access-and-the-Role-of-the-Marketplace-2004.pdf [11 Mar 2015] pp.1-2
o International Affairs Office (2008) Organization of U.S. Education: Tertiary Institutions, U.S. Department of Education,
Available: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/postsec-inst.doc [30 Mar 2015]o U.S. Department of Education (2015) Types of Schools, Available:
https://studentaid.ed.gov/prepare-for-college/choosing-schools/types#career-schools [24 Feb 2015]

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(

)

(

)

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4

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Mar 2015]

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)

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Mar 2015]

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)

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)

4

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62.5

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2013

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Mar 2015]

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)

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)

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262,2313,601,881

2013

o National Center for Education Statistics (2015) IPEDS Data Center, Available: https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/ [11
Mar 2015]

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4.

GPA(Grade Point Average)

SAT(Scholastic Assessment Test)

ACT(American College Test)

2o Eckel, P.D. & King, J.E. (2004) An Overview of Higher Education in the United States: Diversity, Access, and the Role ofthe Marketplace, Washington DC: American Council on Education, Available:
http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Documents/Overview-of-Higher-Education-in-the-United-States-Diversity-Access-and-the-Role-of-the-Marketplace-2004.pdf [11 Mar 2015] p. 8.

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AOS

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)

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NILOA: National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment
2008

IEBC: Institute for Evidence-based Change

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60%

o Eckel, P.D. & King, J.E. (2004) An Overview of Higher Education in the United States: Diversity, Access, and the Role ofthe Marketplace, Washington DC: American Council on Education, Available:
http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Documents/Overview-of-Higher-Education-in-the-United-States-Diversity-Access-and-the-Role-of-the-Marketplace-2004.pdf [11 Mar 2015] p. 9
o International Affairs Office (2008a) Structure of the U.S. Education System: Associate Degrees, U.S. Department of
Education, Available: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/associate.doc [30 Mar 2015]o International Affairs Office (2008b) Structure of the U.S. Education System: Bachelor s Degrees, U.S. Department of
Education, Available: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/bachelor.doc [30 Mar 2015]o International Affairs Office (2008c) Structure of the U.S. Education System: First-Professional Degrees, U.S. Departmentof Education, Available: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/professional.doc [30 Mar
2015]
o International Affairs Office (2008d) Structure of the U.S. Education System: Intermediate Graduate Qualifications, U.S.
Department of Education, Available: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/grad.doc [30 Mar
2015]
o International Affairs Office (2008e) Structure of the U.S. Education System: Master s Degrees, U.S. Department of
Education, Available: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/master.doc [30 Mar 2015]o International Affairs Office (2008f ) Structure of the U.S. Education System: Research Doctorate Degrees, U.S.
Department of Education, Available: www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/doctorate.doc [30 Mar
2015]
o Lumina Foundation (2015) Degree Qualifications Profile http://degreeprofile.org/ last accessed on 18 Mar 2015o National Center for Education Statistics (2012) Defining and Reporting Subbaccalaureate Certificates in IPEDS,
Available: http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2012/2012835/index.asp [30 Mar 2015]o National Center for Education Statistics (2015) Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System: Glossary, Available:
http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/glossary/ [30 Mar 2015]

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1980

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o International Affairs Office (2008) Organization of U.S. Education: State Role II - Tertiary Education, U.S. Department of
Education, Available: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/postsec.doc [30 Mar 2015]o International Affairs Office (2008) Organization of U.S. Education: The Federal Role, U.S. Department of Education,
Available: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/fedrole.doc [30 Mar 2015]

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.

o

(U.S. Department of Education) [http://www.ed.gov/]o(White House) [https://www.whitehouse.gov/](Council for Higher Education Accreditation: CHEA)o[http://www.chea.org/](American Association of State Colleges and Universities: AASCU)o[http://www.aascu.org/]o(American Council on Education: ACE)
[ http://www.acenet.edu/Pages/default.aspx]o(Association for Career and Technical Education: ACTE)[https://www.acteonline.org/](Association of American Colleges and Universities: AAC&U)o[http://www.aacu.org/]o(Association of American Universities: AAU)
[http://www.aau.edu/](Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities: APLU)o(1862/ 90o)[http://www.aplu.org/](Council of Independent Colleges: CIC)
[http://www.cic.edu/](National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities: NAICU)o[http://www.naicu.edu/](Bill and Mellinda Gates Foundation) [ http://www.gatesfoundation.org/]oo(Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching)[ http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/]oo(Lumina Foundation)[ http://www.luminafoundation.org/](Teagle Foundation)[http://www.teaglefoundation.org/]o Inside Higher Ed [https://www.insidehighered.com/]o The Chronicle of Higher Education [http://chronicle.com/]
*

2015

4

20

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(board of trustees)(president):(faculty senate)o Eckel, P.D. & King, J.E. (2004) An Overview of Higher Education in the United States: Diversity, Access, and the Role ofthe Marketplace, Washington DC: American Council on Education, Available:
http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Documents/Overview-of-Higher-Education-in-the-United-States-Diversity-Access-and-the-Role-of-the-Marketplace-2004.pdf [11 Mar 2015] pp.11-12

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.

(

4,169

4,460

10,426

4

6,255

6,265

15,792

2

2,671

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2

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13,755

13,755

13,435

13,54915,841)(2013o National Center for Education Statistics (2015) IPEDS Data Center, Available:
https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/ [11 Mar 2015]

10.

(
)

(

)
(grant)(loan)(Federal Work Study: FWS)

2015
(Federal Pell Grants)
Educational Opportunity Grants: FSEOG)

5,775
100

(Federal Supplemental
4,000

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William D. Ford
Ford Federal Direct Loan)
PLUS(William D.

(Federal Subsidized Loan)(Direct PLUS Loan)

Perkins(Federal Perkins Loan)(Federal Work-Study)o The office of Federal Student Aid (2015) Federal Student Aid, Available: https://studentaid.ed.gov/ [30 Mar 2015]

11.

(II-1

)

(Higher Education Act of 1965)
1965

9

(

)

2008

o Bawn, S., Kurose, C., and McPherson, M. (2013) An Overview of American Higher Education, Available:
http://www.princeton.edu/futureofchildren/publications/docs/23_01_02.pdf [24 Mar 2015], p. 19
o International Affairs Office (2008) General Information Resources About Education in the United States, U.S.
Department of Education, Available: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/generalinfo.doc[30 Mar 2015]
o The Chronicle of Higher Education (2013) What You Need to Know About Reauthorization, 19 Sep 2013, Available:
http://chronicle.com/article/What-You-Need-to-Know-About/141697/ [22 Apr 2015]

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III
.

1885
and Colleges: NEASC)(New England Association of Schools
10

3

1917

1905

(

1962

)
1909

1913

1948
1952

20

1876-1903
1905

(AMA)

10

1907

1900

1921

(American Bar Association)

1930
1951
1982

(

47

22
2014

)

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1952
1965

(Higher Education Act)

(1)

(2)

1992

CHEA

(Council on Postsecondary Accreditation : COPA)
COPA

COPA

1993

(National Policy Board on Institutional Accreditation: NPB)

1996

(Council for Higher Education Accreditation: CHEA)
(

3-2

)

triad

o Altbach, P.G., Gumport, P.J. and Berdahl, R.O. (1998) American Higher Education in the Twenty-first Century, Baltimore:
John Hopkins University Press, pp.39-43, 57, 64
o Ewell, P.T. (2008) U.S. Accreditation and the Future of Quality Assurance: A Tenth Anniversary Report from the Councilfor Higher Education Accreditation, Washington D.C.: Council for Higher Education Accreditation, pp.17-21, 28, 48
o The Commission Appointed by Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings (2006) A Test of Leadership: Charting the
Future of U.S. Higher Education, Available: http://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/hiedfuture/reports/final-report.pdf[30 Mar 2015] p. ix
o El-Khawas (2001) Accreditation in the USA: origins, developments and future prospects, Available:
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001292/129295e.pdf [30 Mar 2015] pp. 27-37, 121-4

2.

triad (

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)
NGO









Council for Higher Education Accreditation (2007) CHEA Almanac of External Quality Review 2007, Washington D.C.: CHEA,
p. 3(CHEA)(III-3-2)

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(

∘
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ACCUPLACERCOMPASS)NSSE

CCSSE UCUES CIRP)(

CLA CAAP ETS PP)

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)

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2005

CHEA Award

4

ACCUPLACERCOMPASSACTNSSE National Survey of Student Engagement

CCSSE Community College Survey of Student Engagement

UCUES

University of California undergraduate Experience Survey CIRP Cooperative Institutional Research Program CLA Collegiate
Learning Assessment CAAP Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency

ETS PP ETS Proficiency Profileo Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (2014) Accreditation Standards, Available:
http://www.accjc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Accreditation_Standards_Adopted_June_2014.pdf [1 Apr 2015]o ACT, Inc. (2015) ACT Compass Overview, Available: http://www.act.org/products/higher-education-act-compass/ [22Apr 2015]
o Association of American Colleges & Universities (2015) VALUE Rubrics, Available: https://www.aacu.org/value-rubrics[1 Apr 2015]

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o Commission on Colleges (2011) The Principles of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality Enhancement, Decatur:
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Available: http://www.sacscoc.org/pdf/2012PrinciplesOfAcreditation.pdf[1 Apr 2015],
o Commission on Institutions of Higher Education (2015) Standards (Effective July 1, 2011), Available:
https://cihe.neasc.org/standard-policies/standards-accreditation/standards-effective-july-1-2011 [1 Apr 2015]
o Council for Higher Education Accreditation (2014) Effective Institutional Practice in Student Learning Outcomes: CHEA
Award Recipients, Available: http://www.chea.org/chea%20award/CHEA_Awards_All.html [6 Apr 2015]
o Kuh, G.D., Jankowski, N., Ikenberry, S.O. and Kinzle, J. (2014) Knowing What Students Know and Can Do: The Current

State of Student Learning Outcomes Assessment in U.S. Colleges and Universities, Champaign: National Institute forLearning Outcomes Assessment, Available:
http://www.learningoutcomeassessment.org/documents/2013%20Survey%20Report%20Final.pdf [1 Apr 2015], p. 40
o Higher Learning Commission (2015) The Criteria for Accreditation and Core Components, Available:
https://www.ncahlc.org/Criteria-Eligibility-and-Candidacy/criteria-and-core-components.html [1 Apr 2015]o Middle States Commission on Higher Education (2014) Standards for Accreditation and Requirements of Affiliation, 13thed., Philadelphia: Middle States Commission on Higher Education, Available:
http://www.msche.org/documents/RevisedStandardsFINAL.pdf [1 Apr 2015]o Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (2010) Standards for Accreditation, Available:
http://www.nwccu.org/Pubs%20Forms%20and%20Updates/Publications/Standards%20for%20Accreditation.pdf [1 Apr
2015]
o Senior College and University Commission (2013) 2013 Handbook of Accreditation, Available:
www.wascsenior.org/content/2013-handbook-accreditation [1 Apr 2015]
o The College Board (2015) ACCUPLACER, Available: https://accuplacer.collegeboard.org/ [22 Apr 2015](2012)

o

(

, In:

(ed.),), Available: http://www.nier.go.jp/koutou/seika/rpt_01/pdf/09_chapter_5.pdf [1 Apr 2015], pp.

106-117

3.







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(accreditation)

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












2014

10

(Council for Higher Education

Accreditation: CHEA)(US Department of Education: USDE)
86)

institutional(regional accrediting organization)7(6)

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(national faith-based accrediting organization)4
(national career-related accrediting organization)

7)(programmatic)(programmatic or specialized accrediting organization)
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)

68

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(recognition)

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)

10

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

(establishment of eligibility)(self-study)

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(on-site team visit)(exit interview)(written team report)(final decisions/appeals)(monitoring)








(2013

)

3,049

-

503

-

4,344

-

-

42,686

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o Council for Higher Education Accreditation (2015) CHEA Almanac Online, Available:
http://www.chea.org/Almanac%20Online/index.asp [30 Oct 2015]

CHEA

7,900

40,000CHEA

o Council for Higher Education Accreditation (2006) Accrediting Organizations in the United States: How Do They
Operate to Assure Quality?, Fact Sheet #5, Available: http://www.chea.org/pdf/fact_sheet_5_operation.pdf [30 Mar
2015]
o Council for Higher Education Accreditation (2007) CHEA Almanac of External Quality Review 2007, Washington D.C.:
CHEA, pp. 8-9
o Council for Higher Education (2015) CHEA Almanac Online, Available:
http://www.chea.org/Almanac%20Online/index.asp [30 Mar 2015]
o Eaton, J.S. (2012) An Overview of U.S. Accreditation, Washington D.C.: Council for Higher Education Accreditation,
Available: http://www.chea.org/pdf/Overview%20of%20US%20Accreditation%202012.pdf [30 Mar 2015] pp. 1-3, 6-7
o Ewell, P.T. (2008) U.S. Accreditation and the Future of Quality Assurance: A Tenth Anniversary Report from the Councilfor Higher Education Accreditation, Washington D.C.: Council for Higher Education Accreditation, pp. 12-16

3-2.

(recognition)
CHEA(1)CHEA
CHEA

1996

CHEA


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

CHEA



CHEA

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)

CHEA

10

CHEA

(CHEA

Committee on Recognition)(CHEA Governing Board)

(2)
1952

(1965

1)

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)

2)
3)
4)
5)
6)

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7)
8)
9)
10

NACIQI(National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity)
NACIQI

(3)
2014

11

CHEA

60

51

84
CHEA

4
4

(Title IV gatekeeper)
4

CHEA

CHEA

(4)
CHEA

o Council for Higher Education Accreditation (2007) CHEA Almanac of External Quality Review 2007, Washington D.C.:
CHEA, pp. 11-12
o Council for Higher Education Accreditation (2008) Recognition of Accrediting Organizations: Policy and Procedures(revised), Available: http://chea.org/pdf/Recognition_Policy-June_28_2010-FINAL.pdf [30 Mar 2015], pp. 4-8
o Council for Higher Education Accreditation (2014) Recognized Accrediting Organizations, Available:
http://www.chea.org/pdf/CHEA_USDE_AllAccred.pdf [15 Oct 2014]o Eaton, J.S. (2012) An Overview of U.S. Accreditation, Washington D.C.: Council for Higher Education Accreditation,
Available: http://www.chea.org/pdf/Overview%20of%20US%20Accreditation%202012.pdf [30 Mar 2015] pp. 6-8
o U.S. Department of Education (2015) Accreditation in the United States, Available:
http://www2.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/accreditation_pg13.html [17 Mar 2015]

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o Council for Higher Education Accreditation (2007) CHEA Almanac of External Quality Review 2007, Washington D.C.:
CHEA, pp. 15-16
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CHEA

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CHEA

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103)

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Better Business Bureau

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o BBB of Chicago & Northern Illinois (2014) Better Business Bureau Warns Consumers: Diploma Mills Can Damage Your
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