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Treasurer's
Report
Results
of the 1998
CHEA Board Elections
Election
of 1998-99 Board Officers
Amendment
of CHEA Bylaws
Preliminary
Workplan and Budget 1998-99
Specialized
Advisory Panel
Government
Relations
Enhancing
Usefulness Conference
Discussions
with Presidential Associations
CHEA
Baseline Survey Findings
CHEA
Quality Assurance and Distance Education Study
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May 4,
1998
Washington, DC
Members Present:
Chair Robert Glidden, Vice Chair Gordon Haaland, Treasurer Ira Lechner,
Eleanor Baum, Barbara Brittingham, John Casteen, William DeLauder, Alfredo
G. de los Santos Jr., Edward Donley, Dolores Sandoval.
Members absent:
Vera King Farris, Zelema Harris, Thomas Jackson, John Keyser, David Winter.
Staff and consultants
present: Judith Eaton, Monica Chestnut, Gregory Fusco, Martin Michaelson,
Michael Nugent, Teddi Safman, Steve Viscarra.
Chair
Robert Glidden called the meeting to order at 9:08 am.
Treasurer's
Report
The
Board of Directors approved the treasurer's report.
Results
of the 1998 CHEA Board Elections
The chair of the
1998 CHEA nominating committee, William DeLauder, reported that the
nominating committee recommended the following four sitting board members
for additional terms: Eleanor Baum, Dean of Engineering, The Cooper
Union; Barbara Brittingham, Dean, College of Human Sciences and Services,
University of Rhode Island; Vera King Farris, President, the Richard
Stockton College of New Jersey; and Robert B. Glidden, President, Ohio
University. The committee also recommended Jacquelyn M. Belcher, President,
DeKalb College, as the fifth candidate.
The ballots were
mailed out to approximately 3600 accredited two- and four-year institutions.
A total of 968 ballots were returned by April 27, 1998, representing
a 27% response rate. Of the 968 returned ballots, 892 (92%) were in
favor of the full slate of candidates. Fifty-six of the ballots represented
a mixed slate, and 13 ballots had write-in candidates added. The newly
elected board members will begin their terms at the July 1998 board
retreat.
Election
of 1998-99 Board Officers
The Board of Directors
elected officers for 1998-99 as follows: Gordon Haaland, chair; John
Casteen, vice chair; Vera King Farris, secretary; and Ira Lechner, treasurer.
Alfredo de los Santos Jr. will serve on the executive committee as an
at large member and Robert Glidden will serve on the executive committee
as immediate past chair.
Amendment
of CHEA Bylaws
At its February 1998
meeting, the Board of Directors revised the CHEA bylaws to state that
the CHEA annual meeting would be held in May of each year. The Board
of Directors acted to reinstate the language of the original CHEA bylaws,
noting such language would be consistent with the boardês intention
that the annual meeting be held in May.
Preliminary
Workplan and Budget 1998-99
CHEA President Eaton
presented the preliminary workplan and budget for 1998-99. The workplan
emphasizes two major areas as central to accreditation: defining quality
as results, and quality assurance in emerging distance learning programs
and institutions. The 1998-99 preliminary budget for CHEA assumes revenues
of $1.5 million and expenditures of $1.5 million. The executive committee
approved the 1998-99 preliminary budget and workplan. Staff will bring
the final budget to the board for action at the July 1998 meeting.
Specialized
Advisory Panel
At its February
1998 meeting, the board approved the appointment of six members to the
Specialized Accrediting Association Advisory Panel. President Eaton
recommended the appointment of a seventh member, Donald G. Kassebaum,
M.D., co-secretary, Liaison Committee on Medical Education, to the specialized
advisory panel. The board approved the appointment effective May 4,
1998 - December 31, 2000.
Government
Relations
Gregory Fusco, CHEA's
consultant on external relations, presented a status report on the CHEA
government relations initiatives and the progress of the pending Higher
Education Act (HEA) Reauthorization. He stressed the broad approach
of his work to build long-term capacity of CHEA to succeed in government
relations, and linked the effort to three key CHEA purposes:
In the eight months
since President Eaton and Mr. Fusco came to CHEA, progress has been made
in all three areas.
Regarding the HEA,
Mr. Fusco reviewed and updated the contents of his April 16 "HEA
Scorecard" memorandum, which was distributed to the board and
is available on the CHEA Homepage. Significant progress has been made
on most of CHEA's initial goals for this legislation, and some proposals
CHEA opposed have been eliminated as the bill moves through Congress.
CHEA has also mobilized and engaged key allies in associations and among
accreditors and selected institutions to build support for voluntary
accreditation in the Congress. CHEA has helped shape HEA provisions
important to accreditation on distance education, reduction of government
control, refund policies, tribal colleges, and teacher preparation.
Mr. Fusco urged everyone to utilize the CHEA homepage (http://www.chea.org)
to keep abreast of important legislative developments. He concluded
by emphasizing the uncertainties of the legislative process, and that
CHEA must continue to work hard on the HEA bill and beyond.
Enhancing
Usefulness Conference
Vice president
for accreditation services Teddi Safman briefed the board on the two-day
Conference "
Enhancing The Usefulness Of Accreditation in a Changing Environment,"
to be held June 25-26, 1998, in Washington, D.C. This conference will
set a context for change in accreditation review and include attention
to a good practices database, new inter-organizational models, and common
data elements, all promising to enhance the usefulness of accreditation.
Questions to be addressed are:
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Can good practices
be used for accrediting distance education?;
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What challenges
surround the use of inter-organizational models in accreditation?;
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What are the
incentives/disincentives for using inter-organizational models?;
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Are IPEDS definitions
adequate for common data sets?; and,
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Who benefits
and how from the use of common data sets?
Additional information
on this conference as well as registration forms can be found at the CHEA
website, http://www.chea.org.
Discussions
with Presidential Associations
The CHEA board
invited members of the presidential associations to discuss with them
key issues in accreditation. Representatives included Stanley Ikenberry,
President, American Council on Education (ACE); David Warren, President
the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU);
and Jennifer Wingard, Director, Urban and Academic Programs, National
Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC).
CHEA
Baseline Survey Findings
The Council for
Higher Education Accreditation conducted a baseline survey of constituent
needs and interests in December 1997. The survey was conducted by MGT
of America, Inc., a research firm based in Tallahassee, Florida. Dan
Layzell, Senior Associate, MGT of America, presented the findings to
the board.
CHEA
Quality Assurance and Distance Education Study
The Council for Higher
Education Accreditation contracted with the Institute for Higher Education
Policy in Washington, D.C. to conduct a study of quality assurance strategies
in distance education during late 1997 and early 1998. Jane Wellman
and Ronald Phipps, Senior Associates of the Institute, presented an
overview of the study to the board.
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