CHEA Podcasts and Webinars

CHEA: Who We Are (Video)

The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) has produced this short video highlighting CHEA and its work on behalf of higher education accreditation and quality assurance. The two-minute video is designed to promote understanding of CHEA's value not only to member institutions but also to students, parents, and society.

The video reflects the commitment of CHEA and its members to advancing quality assurance and improvement in higher education.

Conversations with CHEA: A Video Series

The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) has launched a series of videos titled "Conversations With CHEA." These videos address a range of issues related to CHEA's formation, development and growth and future, as well as topics such as government affairs. Future videos will address issues including CHEA recognition of accrediting organizations and communicating about accreditation. 

March 3, 2022

October 26, 2021

August 11, 2021

June 30, 2021

October 8, 2020

Jahan Culbreath, CHEA's Director of Federal Relations, interviews Dr. Eaton on CHEA’s development and growth, CHEA’s impact on policy and when and why CHEA’s database of accredited institutions and programs was launched.

October 22, 2020

Jahan Culbreath, CHEA's Director of Federal Relations, interviews CHEA President Dr. Cynthia Jackson-Hammond and CHEA President Emeritus Dr. Judith Eaton on the opportunities ahead for CHEA and how events such as COVID-19 and the growing importance of issues such as equity and social justice will have an impact on higher education quality -- and on CHEA. 

October 29, 2020

Webinars


Understanding CHEA Recognition and its Importance to Higher Education

October 21, 2021
 


The purpose of this webinar is to provide an opportunity for webinar participants to develop a deeper understanding of the rigor and purpose of the CHEA recognition process, who the accrediting organizations are that are recognized by CHEA and how accrediting organizations and, by extension, member institutions benefit from the CHEA-recognition process.
 
Panelists include Robert Clark, President and CEO, Husson University; Leah Matthews, Executive Director of the Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC); and Darrell Cain, President of Pierce College Puyallup.
 
The webinar presents valuable perspective on the CHEA recognition process and its value to CHEA-recognized accrediting organizations and CHEA member institutions.


Institutional Liability, Clinical Programs and Quality

October 20, 2020



 

The Future of Value-Based Higher Education and Quality Assurance - The Future of Academic Freedom

June 17, 2020



This 90-minute Webinar addressed the contours of academic freedom both as it relates to institutions and quality assurance, what rights and obligations are attached to academic freedom from a European, Latin American and Scholars at Risk perspective and how academic freedom is being challenged today.

Panelists:


Higher Education and Quality in Fall 2020: What Do We Need to Do and How Do We Do It Well?

May 28, 2020

This 90-minute Webinar addressed what higher education needs to do to prepare for Fall 2020. Worldwide there are questions about whether colleges and universities will be open and how, including whether education will be offered on-campus or online or both. The only certainty is uncertainty. What are the major challenges for Fall 2020? What is needed to assure a quality experience either on-campus or on-line -- in the classroom, in counseling and advising and other student support, in creating an environment in which students can engage not only with faculty, but also with each other? What is the role of quality assurance and accreditation bodies?

Panelists:



Assuring Quality in Higher Education in a Time of Crisis

May 6, 2020

Audio (via Soundcloud)

This 90-minute Webinar explored the important topic of assuring quality in higher education during the COVID-19 crisis, how higher education institutions are reacting to offering teaching and learning online and especially providing quality provision in this time of adversity, how learning will continue and how its quality will be assured.

Panelists:

  • Judith Eaton (Moderator), President, Council for Higher Education Accreditation
  • Rodrigo Guerra Botello, Secretary-General, Federation of Mexican Private Higher Education Institutions (Mexico)
  • Carolyn Campbell, Senior Consultant, The Observatory on Borderless Higher Education (United Kingdom)
  • Peter Okebukola, President, Global University Network for Innovation - Africa (Nigeria)
  • Concepcion Pijano, International Consultant for Education, EU Support to Higher Education in the ASEAN Region (Philippines)
  • Jianxin Zhang, Chief Expert of Yunnan Higher Education Evaluation Center and President, Asia-Pacific Quality Network



Sustaining and Enhancing Institutional Autonomy:
The Role of Quality Assurance

April 16, 2020

Audio (via Soundcloud)

This 90-minute Webinar addressed institutional autonomy and quality assurance in several countries and regions.  The discussion includes exploring the complexity of what "institutional autonomy" means in various places around the world as well as the role quality assurance can play to sustain and strengthen institutional autonomy.

Panelists:

  • Jamil Salmi (Moderator), Global Tertiary Education Expert
  • Kai-ming Cheng, Professor Emeritus, University of Hong Kong
  • Helen Lockey, Senior Assistant Registrar, University of Hong Kong
  • Goolam Mohamedbhai, Former Secretary-General, Association of African Universities
  • Srbijanka Turajlić, Professor, University of Belgrade Faculty of Electrical Engineering (Retired)



Combatting Academic Corruption: Focus on Quality Assurance and Plagiarism

July 10, 2017

Panelists:

  • Carolyn Campbell, Senior Consultant, The Observatory on Borderless Higher Education (United Kingdom)
  • Jamil Salmi (Moderator), Global Tertiary Education Expert
  • Professor N.V. Varghese, Director of the Centre for Policy Research in Higher Education (CPRHE) New Delhi

Podcasts

Digitization on Higher Education and Quality Assurance: An Interview with James Keevy

The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) has produced a podcast featuring a conversation between James Keevy, CEO of JET Education Services, and CHEA President Judith Eaton. In the podcast, Keevy and Eaton discuss digitization – its key features and importance – and the impact of digitization on higher education and quality assurance.
(Duration: 30:03) Published February 11, 2020

https://www.chea.org/interview-james-keevy-podcast
 

What Lies Ahead for Accreditation

Judith Eaton, President of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), discusses what lies ahead for accreditation, both in terms of federal laws the public’s perception of accreditation and its value. She outlines where we currently stand in regards to accreditation and federal policy, addresses the likelihood of a reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, talks about what is most important for accreditation moving forward and how CHEA and accreditation can provide leadership.  (Duration: 13:22) Published: Oct. 4, 2019

https://www.chea.org/what-lies-ahead-accreditation-podcast