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2001
CHEA Conference Update
Regional
Accreditors Adopt Common Accord
FOCUS:
Assuring Quality in Distance Learning
Statement
on Transfer and the Public Interest
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Statement on Transfer and the Public Interest
The CHEA board of directors
approved a CHEA statement on transfer and the role of accreditation
at its September, 2000 meeting. The statement is the work of a CHEA
committee of national and regional accreditors joined by chancellors
and presidents, state executive officers, researchers and policy leaders.
While affirming that the primary responsibility
for decisions about transfer of credit rests with institutions and especially
college and university faculty, the committee probed the role that accredited
status plays in these decisions. Committee members pointed to the changing
environment for transfer, with more students wanting portability of
credits, "new providers" of higher education such as virtual institutions
and programs and expansion of web-based education delivery.
The committee, building on the 1978 Joint Statement
on Transfer and Award of Academic Credit, urged that institutions and
accreditors take four considerations into account when examining transfer
policies and practices. Institutions and accreditors need to assure:
- Balance: that transfer
decisions are not made solely on the source of accreditation of a
sending program or institution.
- Consistency: that
the considerations that inform transfer decisions are applied consistently.
- Accountability:
that students and the public are fully and accurately informed about
their respective transfer polices and practices.
- Commitment to Innovation:
that flexibility and openness characterize approaches to alternative
methods of managing transfer.
The
statement is being distributed to all CHEA institutional members and
participating organizations and will be available at www.chea.org.
CHEA's next step will be to convene a group of national and regional
accreditors to further explore how these considerations can be effectively
addressed on college and university campuses.
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