Publications

International Perspectives on Accreditation

Academic Infrastructure Benchmarks in the United Kingdom
This interesting website contains benchmark statements and expectations for degree standards in a wide range of subject areas in the United Kingdom. View at www.qaa.ac.uk/academicinfrastructure/benchmark.

Accreditation and Quality Assurance from the Perspective of a U.S. Regional Accrediting Agency
Presentation by former MSCHE President Jean Avnet Morse at an institutional research conference in China, July 2008.

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An Overview of Institutional Accreditation
A presentation by former MSCHE President Jean Avnet Morse at the 2007 AASCU conference in Beijing, China.

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Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (AHELO)
AHELO is a groundbreaking initiative of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development to assess learning outcomes on an international scale by creating measures that would be valid for all cultures and languages. View the latest at http://www.oecd.org/edu/ahelo.

Entry Requirements for U.S. Accreditation
Presentation by former MSCHE President Jean Avnet Morse at the Helenic American Union, Athens, Greece.

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Guidelines of Good Practice, INQAAHE
A summary of the work of quality assurance agencies from over 65 countries dedicated to ensuring that higher education students throughout the world have access to high quality education.

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Implications of the Bologna Process
This presentation by former MSCHE President Jean Avnet Morse describes the European quality assurance model, the Bologna Process, and its possible implications for MSCHE.

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International Accreditation by U.S. Regional Accreditors: Past Experience and Future Directions
A comprehensive overview by former MSCHE President Jean Avnet Morse. Includes hyperlinks to other resources.

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International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education
An overview by former MSCHE President and INQAAHE Board member Jean Avnet Morse, March 2009.

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Lessons Learned from the Bologna Process
A presentation about the applicability of the European quality assurance model to U.S. quality assurance by former MSCHE President Jean Avnet Morse at the 2009 annual meeting of the American Council on Education (ACE).

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