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Federal Involvement in Nongovernmental Accreditation.

Attitudes and Action Plans of North Carolina EMS Education Leaders Regarding National EMS Education Program Accreditation

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Consumer Protection Strategies: A Literature Review and Synthesis. Improving the Consumer Protection Function in Postsecondary Education.

THEUNITED STATES is unusual in the degree of autonomy that its educational institutions exercise. Nationally administered educational programs are the rule in most countries; while “the accrediting of secondary schools and institutions for higher education in the [Jnited States is the responsibility of both state and independent cooperative agencies.”’ “Each state has the legal power to determine its own educational standards. However, independent associations of institutions, acting voluntarily and cooperatively to achieve o r exceed certain minimum levels of excellence, have been a unique feature in American education”2 for more than one hundred years. The nation grew, schools increased, and educational quality began to differ, which in turn created a need for the evaluation of institutional quality. Although there are more than forty recognized accrediting a g e n ~ i e s , ~ the best known, most frequently mentioned, and pervasively influential are the six regional ones. Even these, however, are unlikely to be linked with library cooperation. A literature search under either accrediting agencies or library cooperation produces not one entry specifically identified as such o r relating one to the other. Because of the impact accrediting agencies exert on the development of library programs at many levels and in various types of institutions, an examination of library cooperation would not be complete without determining what relationship exists and in what direction it may be moving. The focus of this article will be on the six regional accrediting associations and their patterns for academic institutions.

Federal Involvement in Nongovernmental Accreditation.

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Attitudes and Action Plans of North Carolina EMS Education Leaders Regarding National EMS Education Program Accreditation

Consumer Protection Strategies: A Literature Review and Synthesis. Improving the Consumer Protection Function in Postsecondary Education.

Accrediting Agencies and Library Cooperation in Education

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