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Accreditation: does it make a difference? T Hodge

Accreditation: does it make a difference? T Hodge. ACCREDITATION Does it make a difference?. Toni Hodge Academic Manager College of Business and Economics August 2006. WHAT IS ACCREDITATION?. Accredit: To give official recognition to; sanction; authorise

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Accreditation: does it make a difference? T Hodge

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  1. Accreditation: does it make a difference? T Hodge

  2. ACCREDITATIONDoes it make a difference? Toni Hodge Academic Manager College of Business and Economics August 2006

  3. WHAT IS ACCREDITATION? Accredit: To give official recognition to; sanction; authorise To certify or guarantee as meeting required standards Collins English Dictionary “The act of accrediting or the state of being accredited, especially the granting of approval to an institution of learning by an official review board after the school has met specific requirements.” www.answers.com

  4. WHAT IS ACCREDITATION? • Level of specificity • Organisational • Award/Course • Level of compulsion • Legislative • Voluntary

  5. THE BEGINNINGS “Indications are that the Roman Empire held its institutions of higher education in high esteem. … Professors were deemed to belong to the senatorial class, paid no taxation, were exempt from jury and military service and from the obligation to billet troops in their homes. This was set by Emperor Vespasian in AD73. These privileges were designed to enable the professors to devote themselves completely to teaching.” The University: From Ancient Greece to the 20th Century Glenys Patterson

  6. THE BEGINNINGS “The Sophists offered, for fees, courses in a wide variety of disciplines, including mathematics, literary criticism, and athletics. They were independent teachers, not of the priestly class, and they attracted pupils without using the authority of any political or religious institution to support their credibility. … They exhibited a moral and religious scepticism and their objective was persuasion. … They focused on the effectiveness of the argument, rather than a particular action being right or wrong.” The University: From Ancient Greece to the 20th Century Glenys Patterson

  7. DO WE NEED ACCREDITATION? We may believe we are world class……. But how do we prove it?

  8. BENEFITS OF ACCREDITATION • Recognition on the world stage • Possible access to funding • Increasing attractiveness as an employer • Attracting a better quality of student • Increasing student numbers • “Keeping up with the Joneses” • Continuous quality improvement to processes, practices, qualifications

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  10. King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals Six Factors used by Students to Evaluate Service Quality: • Contact Personnel • Physical Evidence • Reputation • Responsiveness • Access to Facilities • Curriculum

  11. Accreditation may be relevant to lawyers, doctors, engineers and accountants. Is it relevant to other fields of commerce? Is commerce a profession? IS COMMERCE A PROFESSION?

  12. FINAL THOUGHT ACCREDITATION: ISN’T IT SIMPLY GOOD BUSINESS PRACTICE?

  13. Morning Tea Please reconvene at 11.15am

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