Professional Accreditation for International Continuing Education.

Autor/in	Edelson, Paul Jay
Titel	Professional Accreditation for International Continuing Education.
Quelle	(2002), (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Academic Standards; Accreditation (Institutions); Colleges; Continuing Education; Definitions; Distance Education; Educational Quality; Evaluation Criteria; Evaluation Methods; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Institutional Evaluation; International Cooperation; International Programs; Position Papers; Professional Associations; Standard Setting; Universities + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Accreditation; Institution; Institutions; Akkreditierung; Staatliche Anerkennung; Institut; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Weiterbildung; Begriffsbestimmung; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Positionspapier; Standardisierung; University; Universität
Abstract	It is reasonable to argue that the members of a profession are the only ones who can directly address issues of accreditation. In the context of accreditation for international continuing education, it may be argued that professional organizations in continuing education cannot function as accrediting bodies except in the sense that they determine and apply criteria for admission to their own organization. The field of continuing education is too variable and in too much flux to be captured in a set of prescriptions. Some have suggested that approaches comparable to the International Organization for Standardization's ISO 9000 standards in the international exchange of goods and services be considered as a way of certifying the quality of intellectual commodities. Several years ago, the Global Alliance for Transnational Education (GATE) was created to establish procedures for accreditation of electronically delivered continuing education programs. However, already-existing accreditation agencies in the United States seriously questioned the need for GATE. Similarly, an interlocking web of existing professional disciplinary societies and institutional accrediting agencies, such as the Association Mexicana Educacion Continua, University Continuing Education Association, Canadian Association for University Continuing Education, and University Continuing Education Network, can meet the need for accreditation of international continuing education. (MN)
Anmerkungen	For full text: http://www.sunysb.edu/spd/dean_papers/veracruz.pdf.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC