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NASPAA Think Tank on Quality Measures
A Gathering of Ideas to support NASPAA Quality Initiatives

NASPAA Standards 2009

• Defining Quality in Public Affairs Education

Links to Accreditation Standards, Policies and Procedures

• CHEA

  • The Fundamentals of Accreditation: What You Need To Know

  • Accreditation and Recognition In The United States

  • Accrediting Organizations In The United States: How Do They Operate To Assure Quality?

  • CHEA – Policies and Procedures for Recognition of Accrediting Organizations

• NASPAA

  • Data Collected During the NASPAA Accreditation Process

   

Upcoming Public Administration Conferences

• 2007 Public Administration Conference List

Past Conference Presentations

• NASPAA 

  • Future of the Public Sector (Fall 2006) (available soon)

• CHEA 

  • Accreditation in a More Demanding World (January 2006)

• AACU 2006 Conference Description, Program, and Resources 

  • Diversity and Learning: A Defining Moment

NASPAA Quality Reports and Projects

• Standards Review Gantt Chart (available soon)

Survey Results

• The Role of Accreditation in Degree Expansion and Increase in Degree Requirements in Professional Fields (2005 CHEA Survey)

• Survey of Recognized Accrediting Organizations: Providing Information to the Public (2005 CHEA Survey)

Measurements In Student Outcomes

• CHEA Workshop on Accreditation and Student Learning Outcomes 

• Statement Of Mutual Responsibilities for Student Learning Outcomes: Accreditation, Institutions, and Programs

• Some Reflections on Accreditors' Practices in
  Assessing Success with Respect to Student Achievement, Karen W. Kershenstein, June 2002

• Student Learning Outcomes Workshop, March 4, 2002 Washington, DC

• Accreditation and Student Learning Outcomes: A Proposed Point of Departure

• 2006 CHEA Award for Institutional Progress in Student Learning Outcomes

Developments in Higher Ed Policy

• News Articles

  • Spellings Commission Report

  • U.S. Education Officials Question Diversity Standards, The Washington Post, January 8, 2007

•  Summary Of Meetings

  • Degree Mills and Serving the Public Interest: Report on the CHEA July 11, 2006 Meeting
    

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To submit items for the NASPAA Think Tank, please contact NASPAA at copra@naspaa.org or 202.628.8965 xt.103.