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Accreditation, or standards for academic programs?

✍ Scribed by Larry M. Dooley

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2005
Tongue: English
Weight: 36 KB
Volume: 16
Category: Article
ISSN: 1044-8004
DOI: 10.1002/hrdq.1140

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✦ Synopsis

Should academic programs that prepare individuals in the field of human resource development be governed by accreditation, or should there be standards generally approved by the field? This is a question being pondered by the Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD). But first we should have a definition of terms. What do we mean by standards and accreditation? Are they different terms? Are they mutually exclusive?

The founding premise for accreditation traditions in the United States was to ensure voluntary compliance of standards of educational institutions and programs. Accreditation agencies charged with providing nongovernmental review of programs delivered through educational institutions set standards of good practice. In some cases, these standards differ dramatically by state and institution. It is pertinent to note that in 1992, with increasing pressure from the federal agency, a national coordinating agency-the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)-was created for improving accountability in higher education, and

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