English 13
4/9/2015
Accreditation and the federal Future of Higher Education
The article is about Accreditation being transformed from a valued private sector process over federal government has exercised a limited control to a process that is subject to more and more federal involvement. Accreditation is a creation of colleges and universities that dates back more than a century. Its fundamental purposes are quality assurance and quality improvement in higher education. The federal government’s presence is increasing in areas that traditionally have been the province of the faculty and institutions. I agree with the article, because when we think of accreditation we mostly think of a