Marriott Hotel Washington
— PROGRAM —
Annual Conference and
Fourth National Accreditation Forum
MONDAY | JANUARY 25, 2010
Opening Plenary Session
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Quality and Accountability: An International Perspective
Jamil Salmi, Tertiary Education Coordinator, The World Bank
How is the growing focus on accountability being addressed internationally? How will this emphasis on accountability affect higher education accreditation?
Opening Reception
5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
TUESDAY | JANUARY 26, 2010
Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:30 a.m.
FOURTH NATIONAL ACCREDITATION FORUM
This fourth National Accreditation Forum will continue the national dialogue
on the CHEA
Initiative and the future of accreditation.
Welcome and Introductions
The CHEA Initiative and the Future of Accreditation: What Have We Learned to Date?
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
John D. Wiley, Chancellor Emeritus and Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Chair, Council for Higher Education Accreditation Board of Directors
Judith Eaton, President, Council for Higher Education Accreditation
Accreditation: A View from Washington
Martha Kanter, Under Secretary, U.S. Department of Education
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
What are some of the key challenges and opportunities ahead for higher education accreditation? Has the relationship between government and accreditation changed as a result of the passage of the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008? In what ways?
Accreditation and Accountability
Kevin Carey, Policy Director, Education Sector
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
In an era of increased emphasis on accountability, how might the academic and accreditation communities respond, and how will this affect the structure and operation of accreditation?
Break
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions
10:45 a.m. – Noon
The Value of Accreditation Project
Michael Lambert, Executive Director, Distance Education and Training Council
Frank Murray, President, Teacher Education Accreditation Council, Inc.
George Peterson, Executive Director Emeritus, ABET, Inc.
What is the value of accreditation to its various constituents – institutions, students and society? How can we increase public awareness of the role of accreditation?
Responsibilities and Opportunities in International Quality Review
Robert Glidden, President Emeritus, Ohio University
Daniel Aleshire, Executive Director, Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada, Commission on Accrediting
Carolyn Campbell, Head of International Affairs, The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education-UK
Jeffrey Martineau, President, American Academy for Liberal Education
U.S. institutions are expanding their international operation and U.S. accrediting organizations are expanding their international activity as well. What are the core responsibilities that institutions and accreditors need to keep in mind when operating in other countries? How do we work with international colleagues?
Luncheon Plenary
Noon – 1:30 p.m.
The Future of For-Profit Education
Craig Swenson, President, Argosy University
Jorge Klor de Alva, President, Nexus Research and Policy Center
Peter Smith, Senior Vice President of Academic Strategies and Development, Kaplan Higher Education
For-profit colleges and universities continue to play an increasingly important role in access and attainment in U.S. higher education. What is in the likely future of these institutions, with their major enrollment growth, increasingly international reach and expanding impact on higher education practice and policy?
Concurrent Sessions
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
States and Accreditation
Peter Ewell, Vice President, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems
What do states expect of accreditation? What are the various roles accreditation plays in state law and
regulation?
Institutional Rankings and Country Comparisons: Strengths and Weaknesses
A. Lee Fritschler, Professor, George Mason University, School of Public Policy
Art Hauptman, Public Policy Consultant
What issues emerge from the growing use of ranking systems and country comparisons to judge higher education? To what extent do such efforts provide a sound basis on which to develop public policy?
Break
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
CHEA Initiative Town Meeting
3:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
The CHEA Initiative provides a platform for a vigorous discussion of the future of accreditation.
This session will offer conference attendees an opportunity to share ideas and issues about accreditation’s future.
EVENING ON YOUR OWN
WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 27, 2010
Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Morning Plenary I
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Federal Policy, Degree Mills and Accreditation Mills
The Honorable Michael N. Castle, United States Congress (R-DE)
How can federal government policy contribute to efforts to combat degree mills and accreditation mills
in the United States?
Break
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
CHEA Award Presentation
10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Morning Plenary II
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Accreditation and Academic Freedom
Jerry Gaff, Senior Scholar, American Association of Colleges and Universities
Neil Hamilton, Director, Hollran Center for Ethical Leadership in the Professions, University of St. Thomas
Belle Wheelan, President, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
In what ways do accreditation and academic freedom intersect? Are there common issues and challenges
that need to be addressed?
Luncheon Plenary
12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Conference Adjourns
— PROGRAM —
2010 International Seminar
Separate registration required.
WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 27, 2010
Plenary Session
4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
The OECD AHELO Project and Student Achievement: Progress to Date
Richard Yelland, Head, Education Management and Infrastructure Division, Directorate for Education, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is now conducting a feasibility
study for the International Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (AHELO). What is ahead
for this study and what will its impact be on assessment of learning outcomes?
Reception
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
THURSDAY | JANUARY 28, 2010
Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
The Future of Ranking Systems
Robert Morse, Director of Data Research, U.S. News & World Report
Ellen Hazelkorn, Director of Research and Enterprise, Dublin Institute of Technology
8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Ranking systems for higher education institutions are increasingly common in countries around the world.
How will the use of ranking systems for colleges and universities affect higher education, and what impact
do rankings have on accreditation?
Accreditation Mills: Their Impact and Future
The Honorable Timothy Bishop, United States Congress (D-NY)
9:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Accreditation mills are creating problems around the world by lending a false air of legitimacy to questionable providers of higher education. What are effective means to identify and combat accreditation mills?
Break
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
UNESCO and the 2009 World Conference on Higher Education
Stamenka Uvalić-Trumbić, Chief, Section for Reform, Innovation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education, United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
The 2009 UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education culminated in a major communiqué
on the future of colleges and universities worldwide. What does the communiqué say about quality
assurance and its future international role?
Commonwealth of Learning: The Review and Improvement Model
Sir John Daniel, President and Chief Executive Officer, Commonwealth of Learning
12:30 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
In countries where quality assurance systems are not well established, universities can find it useful to invite external visitation panels to advise them on quality improvement and wider issues. However, these can be costly. Drawing on its experience in organizing such panels in Africa, the Commonwealth of Learning has attempted to optimize the cost-benefit balance of these visitations by developing and testing the Review and Improvement Model that will be described.
Luncheon
12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Quality Assurance and Latin America
Mathew Anderson, Associate Dean of Business and Liberal Arts, Arizona Western College
Maria José Lemaitré, Academic Director, Centro Interuniversitario de Desarrollo
1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
What are key developments in accreditation and quality assurance in Latin America?
International Perspectives: Changes in Quality Assurance
Angela Hou Yung-chi, Director of International Exchange, Higher Education Efvaluation & Accreditation Council of Taiwan, and Professor, Fu Jen Catholic University
Dorte Kristoffersen, Quality Assurance Consultant
2:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Major initiatives such as the Bologna Process, ranking systems and qualifications frameworks are
having an impact on quality assurance practices around the world. What changes
are likely to emerge?
Private Higher Education and its Worldwide Impact
Daniel Levy, Professor of Educational Administration & Policy Studies, University at Albany, SUNY
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Thirty percent of student enrollment worldwide is in private higher education, whether nonprofit or for-profit. What impact is private higher education having at present, and what is its likely impact in the future?
Seminar Adjourns
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