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Judith
S. Eaton
President
Council for Higher Education Accreditation
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Dr. Judith S. Eaton has been president of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) since 1997. She is accountable to a 20-person board of directors that represents the 3,000 degree-granting colleges and universities that are institutional members of CHEA. As its first permanent president, Dr. Eaton has provided CHEA with strong, strategic and dependable leadership. She has worked diligently to make CHEA a leading national authority on U.S. accreditation policy and practice, providing easily accessible, reliable and comprehensive information not only about accreditation, but also about the many thousands of accredited institutions and programs in the United States. In the past ten years, CHEA has emerged as a compelling national and international voice and advocate for accreditation and self-regulation. Under Dr. Eaton's leadership during the past decade, CHEA has moved quickly to identify and frame the difficult challenges confronting accreditation, including attending to the rapid expansion of distance learning, the growing and insistent calls for greater accountability in higher education, the persistent pressure to further address transfer of credit and the increasingly internationalized demands on accreditation. CHEA is viewed as a valued and vital organization by college and university presidents, accreditors and policy makers, as well as international governments and higher education leaders. Prior to her work at CHEA, Dr. Eaton served as chancellor of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, where she was responsible for leadership and coordination of 32 institutions serving more than 160,000 students statewide. Other previous positions include the presidencies of the Council for Aid to Education, the Community College of Philadelphia and the Community College of Southern Nevada, as well as a vice presidency of the American Council on Education. She also has held full- and part-time teaching positions at Wayne State University, Columbia University and the University of Michigan. Dr. Eaton currently serves on 11 different boards and has authored numerous books and articles on a range of higher education and accreditation issues. She is often asked to speak on higher education issues, both in the United States and internationally. 1/07
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