QUALITY ASSURANCE OF HIGHEREDUCATION IN TIMES OF CHANGEUNIVERSITY QUALITY ASSURANCEFORUM AND STUDY SEMINAR 2019

JUDITH S. EATON, PRESIDENTCOUNCIL FOR HIGHER EDUCATION ACCREDITATIONGLOBAL CHANGE - HIGHER EDUCATIONAND QUALITY ASSURANCEU.S. HIGHER EDUCATION AND
ACCREDITATIONLOOKING TO THE FUTUREGLOBAL CHANGEACCESS/OPPORTUNITY/MOBILITY – INEQUALITY, DIVERSESTUDENT POPULATIONQUALITY, TRUST, COMPETENCE – AND DOUBTACADEMIC FREEDOM AND FREE SPEECH - SUSTAINDIFFICULT POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT – SOME COUNTRIESGLOBAL CHANGE – 2ROLE OF GOVERNMENT VS. AUTONOMY, GOVERNANCEDIVERSIFICATION OF PROVIDERS: NON-INSTITUTIONAL, MOOCS,COMPANIES, ONLINE, FOR-PROFIT
DIGITIZATION - TECHNOLOGY CHANGING HOW WE WORK – GDN,BOLOGNA DIGITAL, MICRO-CREDENTIALSREGIONALIZATION AND INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT – EU-SHARE,CLIMATE CHANGE EFFORT, CAMPUS ASIA, RANKINGSHIGHER EDUCATION AND QUALITY ASSURANCERESPOND…WE…
FOCUS ON ENROLLMENT GROWTH, OUTREACH AND SOCIAL EQUITY – INDIA, AFRICA, CHINAEXPAND OF QUALITY ASSURANCE – NEW EDUCATION POLICY IN INDIA, PAKISTAN ANDSTRENGTHENING QUALITY ASSURANCE, REGIONAL QUALITY ASSURANCE IN AFRICAREORGANIZE QUALITY ASSURANCE - UKRE-AFFIRM VALUE OF ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND FREE SPEECH – EUROPE, UNITED STATESHIGHER EDUCATION AND QUALITY ASSURANCERESPOND…WE… (2)REAFFIRM THE INDEPENDENCE OF HIGHER EDUCATIONADDRESS DIVERSIFICATION: MOOC ENROLLMENT WORLDWIDE,EXPANSION OF ALTERNATIVE PROVIDERS IN U.S., CHEA/CIQG QUALITY
PLATFORM – PROVIDERS AND CREDENTIALSADDRESS DIGITIZATION: GRONINGEN DECLARATION NETWORK, UNESCOREPORT, BOLOGNA DIGITAL, CHEA-AACRAOWE ARE RESPONDING….

U.S. HIGHER EDUCATION CHARACTERISTICSDECENTRALIZED AND DIVERSE – NO ONE “SYSTEM”
A RANGE OF TYPES OF INSTITUTIONS

7,600 INDEPENDENT INSTITUTIONS
21 MILLION STUDENTS

U.S. ACCREDITATION –CHARACTERISTICS
 85 INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATIONS DECENTRALIZED ALL TYPES OF INSTITUTIONS AND PROGRAMS MORE THAN 100 YEARS OLD
 CREATED, FUNDED, MANAGED, LED BY COLLEGES AND

UNIVERSITIES – NONGOVERNMENTALU.S. ACCREDITATION – TYPICAL STANDARDSACADEMIC QUALITY
PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITYQUALITY IMPROVEMENTSTUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, CURRICULUM, FACULTY,SUPPORT SERVICES, FINANCES, ADMISSIONS,PLANNING, GOVERNANCE

U.S. HIGHER EDUCATION, ACCREDITATIONADDRESS GLOBAL CHANGE
ACCESS -“FREE COLLEGE,” DEBT FORGIVENESSQUALITY, TRUST, COMPETENCE – RESPONDING TOSURVEYS, POLLS, EMPLOYERSACADEMIC FREEDOM AND FREE SPEECH –REAFFIRMATION AND REDEFINITION BASED ONE.G., RACE, PRIVILEGE; SOCIAL MEDIA AND
FACULTY, ROLE OF STATES AND FEDERALGOVERNMENTU.S. HIGHER EDUCATION, ACCREDITATIONADDRESS GLOBAL CHANGE - 2 DIVERSIFICATION OF PROVIDERS - MOOC AND COMPANY(STRAIGHTERLINE) PARTNERSHIPS, INDEPENDENT MOOCS,BLENDED LEARNING, “NEW” INSTITUTIONS - MINERVA DIGITIZATION - EXPERIMENTATION WITH AI, MACHINELEARNING, PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS, GROWTH OF ONLINE INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT - EXPANSION,PARTNERSHIP…CURRICULUM, FACULTY, RESEARCH,STUDENTS

FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE FOR U.S.
HIGHER EDUCATION AND
ACCREDITATION
 WHO PROVIDES HIGHER EDUCATION WHAT COUNTS AS HIGHER EDUCATION WHO HAS ACADEMIC AUTHORITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION WHO JUDGES HIGHER EDUCATION QUALITY GROWING ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATIONAND ACCREDITATION
 PRESSURE FOR CHANGE AND INNOVATIONU.S. FEDERAL LAW AND POLITICS CHANGING
ACCREDITATION - UNKNOWNS HIGHER EDUCATION ACT REAUTHORIZATION - NEWLAW
 “NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING” – NEW REGULATIONSFOR ACCREDITATION
 RETHINKING OVERSIGHT BY DEPARTMENT OFEDUCATION – NEW PRACTICE –”HANDBOOK”

NET IMPACT - LAW AND POLITICS GENERALPRESSURE FOR OUTCOMES ANDTRANSPARENCYPRESSURE FOR INNOVATIONDOMINANT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ROLE INQUALITYNET IMPACT - LAW AND POLITICS SPECIFICS - 2…PARTISANSHIP…FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES…EXPANSION OF GOVERNMENT AID…COMPETITION – QUALITY ASSURANCE…QUALITY EXPECTATIONS EXPANDING: ACADEMIC
FOCUS TO FINANCIAL FOCUS TO EQUITY FOCUS…EQUITY PARAMOUNT – “ACCESS PHASE 2”

WHAT IS MOST WORRISOME?
CLOSURES
FOR-PROFIT HIGHER EDUCATION
MORE GOVERNMENTAL CONTROLLESS FUNDING

CHEA NATIONAL QUALITY DIALOGUELEADERSHIP FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION ANDACTION – QUALITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION2019 – 2021
EXPLORE NATIONAL QUALITY CONVERSATIONSFUTURE FRAMING OF ACADEMIC QUALITYINTERVIEWS, MEETINGS, PAPERSCHEA INTERNATIONAL QUALITY GROUPCIQG INTERNATIONAL QUALITY PRINCIPLESACADEMIC CORRUPTION
2019 ANNUAL MEETING: SUSTAINING TRUSTACCOUNTABILITY, STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES,INNOVATIONDIVERSE PROVIDERS AND QUALITY PLATFORM

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
EIGHT MAJOR GLOBAL CHALLENGESINTERNATIONAL QUALITY ASSURANCE ADDRESSING THEMANY CHALLENGESU.S. HIGHER EDUCATION AND ACCREDITATION ADDRESSINGMOST OF THEM, SOME MORE ROBUSTLY THAN OTHERSTHE LIKELY RESULT WILL BE FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE

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