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Accreditation in the United States

✍ Scribed by Judith S. Eaton

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2009
Weight: 69 KB
Volume: 2009
Category: Article
ISSN: 0271-0560
DOI: 10.1002/he.337

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

This chapter provides an overview of self‐regulation of higher education through accreditation, the primary means by which U.S. colleges and universities assure and improve academic quality.

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