A qualitative exploration of motivations and challenges for implementing US accreditation in three Canadian universities

Ramírez, Gerardo Blanco; Luu, Diep H.

doi:10.1080/03075079.2016.1203891

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“…According to Blanco Ramírez & Luu (2018), international institutional accreditation has been conceptualised as an exercise of global position taking by which institutions with limited financial and symbolic resources become associated with more prestigious institutions across national borders by sharing a common accreditation. Some Latin American universities seeking to obtain accreditations from American accrediting organisations is one of the most salient manifestations of the internationalisation of quality assurance in higher education.…”

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Management indicators: their impact on Latin-American universities’ accreditation

Gerón-Piñón

Solana-González

Trigueros-Preciado

et al. 2021

Quality in Higher Education

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Several accreditation agencies in Latin America introduce their standards and guidance for documentation, but they do not explicitly elaborate on the key performance indicators on which higher education institutions can rely for evaluating their activities. The purpose of this research is to analyse the management indicators that higher education institutions in the region have implemented to identify those who have more impact in obtaining an institutional accreditation. A quantitative research has been conducted through a survey of 114 institutional leaders from 97 universities in 11 countries to identify these management indicators. Findings in this research may serve as guidelines for leaders and practitioners to decide which indicators to implement and help institutions in the region to succeed in national and international institutional accreditation processes.

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Management indicators: their impact on Latin-American universities’ accreditation

Gerón-Piñón

Solana-González

Trigueros-Preciado

et al. 2021

Quality in Higher Education

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“…Lejeune and Vas (2009) evaluated the influence of accreditations using a survey-based approach, revealing that the European Quality Improvement System accreditation has a positive influence on performance, particularly in terms of helping schools recruit better qualified academic staff. On the other hand, a qualitative study by Blanco Ramírez and Luu (2018) in three Canadian universities showed that implementing the USA accreditation model may not provide benefits for the institutions; instead it was found to increase workload. This is consistent with a study conducted by Hail et al (2019), which identified academic staff workload as a key problem when adopting national accreditation.…”

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Examining the relationship between the accreditation of engineering programmes and institutional performance

Busaidi

2020

QAE

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between engineering programme accreditation (EPA) and institutional performance (IP) using perceptual measures. Two IP dimensions have been explored to test this relationship, namely, graduate employability and student retention and attrition. Design/methodology/approach This quantitative research is based on the perceptions of 211 academic staff holding a range of positions within 15 higher education institutions located in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries (GCC). Linear regression was used to test the relationships in the data. Findings The empirical analyses proved that EPA has a statistically significant positive relationship with the IP dimensions, namely, graduate employability, student retention and attrition. Research limitations/implications A few limitations were encountered while conducting this study. Most of the accredited engineering programmes are located in the United Arab Emirates and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) (nearly 73%). The online survey was the only option available for the researcher to reach some universities rather than using a face-method to collect data. Another limitation is the availability of only five accredited programmes in some countries such as Oman, where the researcher is based, meaning that the researcher had to devote extra time and effort to contact the other five countries by emails, telephone calls and travel to attain a reasonable survey sample size. Practical implications There are many implications of these findings for the universities, employers and economies of the GCC. All GCC countries are concerned about high unemployment rates; for example, the rate of youth unemployment reached 41% in KSA. Adopting EPA for all academic programmes will eliminate the mismatch between the skills graduate students develop while they are studying and those skills required of them when they are practising their job in industry. Although the jobs market is determined by the wider economy, accredited programmes may help graduates to obtain employment because employers are more able to recruit students who graduate from accredited programmes. Universities aim to retain students until graduation and improving student retention and lowering attrition rate brings many direct and indirect benefits to universities, including saving governments’ financial resources. Originality/value This study is the first to examine the relationship between EPA and IP within the six GCC region as a whole.

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The Politics of Higher Education Policy in Canada, the U.S., and Western Europe – An Introduction

Jungblut

Maltais

Ness

et al. 2023

Higher Education Dynamics

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A qualitative exploration of motivations and challenges for implementing US accreditation in three Canadian universities

Cited by 9 publications

References 24 publications

Management indicators: their impact on Latin-American universities’ accreditation

Management indicators: their impact on Latin-American universities’ accreditation

Examining the relationship between the accreditation of engineering programmes and institutional performance

The Politics of Higher Education Policy in Canada, the U.S., and Western Europe – An Introduction

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