CHEAnews

• CHEA holds “Town Meeting” on Accreditation and the CHEA Initiative. (July 2009)
• CHEA and UNESCO Issue Statement on Effective Practice to Discourage Degree Mills in Higher Education. (June 2009)
• Inside Accreditation: Accountability: An “Old” Issue In a New Era. (June 2009)
• CHEA Holds Inaugural CEO/CAO Roundtable to Discuss the Future of Accreditation. (May 2009)
• CHEA Federal Update:  Negotiated Rulemaking Committee Reaches Final Consensus on Regulatory Language Affecting Accreditation. (May 2009)
• CHEA President Judith Eaton and Congressman Tim Bishop (D-NY) are interviewed on fraudulent degrees and the need to combat degree mills. View the WHNT-TV news investigative report. (May 2009)
• Officers and Members-at-Large Elected for CHEA Executive Committee. (May 2009)
• CHEA Announces New and Reelected Board Members. (May 2009)
• CHEA Federal Update: Second Session of Negotiated Rulemaking on Accreditation Considers Draft Regulatory Text. (April 2009)
• CHEA Federal Update: Second Session of Negotiated Rulemaking on Accreditation to be Held April 21-23, 2009. (April 2009)
• Inside Accreditation: Quality, Accreditation, and Graduate Education: What Does The Future Hold? By John D. Wiley, Chancellor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Chair, CHEA Board of Directors. (April 2009)
• CHEA President Judith Eaton Discusses Policy Framework for College Success. (March 2009)
• CHEA Federal Update: First Session of Negotiated Rulemaking on Accreditation Held. (March 2009)
• CHEA Federal Update: The First Issue of the New CHEA Publication Devoted to Federal Policy Issues Focuses on the USDE Negotiated Rulemaking on Accreditation That Starts March 4, 2009. (March 2009)
• CHEA President Judith Eaton Addresses Quality Assurance from a Global Perspective. (February 2009)
• The CHEA Chronicle: 2009 CHEA Award for Institutional Progress in Student Learning Outcomes. (February 2009)
• CHEA Annual Conference Hosts Representatives From U.S. and International Education Institutions, Higher Education Associations, Accrediting Organizations and Government. (February 2009)
• An Interview with CHEA’s President on Accreditation and Navigating the Standards in an Era of Change. (December 2008)

A national advocate and institutional voice for self-regulation of academic quality through accreditation, CHEA is an association of 3,000 degree-granting colleges and universities and recognizes 59 institutional and programmatic accrediting organizations.