Specialized Accreditation and Assuring Quality in Distance Learning. CHEA Monograph Series, 2002 [electronic resource]

In summer 2002, the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) surveyed 50 specialized (programmatic) accreditors to learn whether and to what extent these accreditors are involved in the accreditation of distance learning. Specialized accreditors review programs and freestanding schools in a...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ERIC)
Corporate Author: Council for Higher Education Accreditation (U.S.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
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