Saturday, October 8, 2011

Why Accreditation Doesn't Work: a policy analysis

edited 6/24/20
“Without cultural sanction, most or all our ... beliefs and rituals would fall into the domain of mental disturbance.” -- John Schumaker
This Policy Paper from the American Council of Trustees and Alumni gives insight into the all-too-typically wasteful rituals and philosophical orthodoxies imposed on those who blunder into seeking the imprimatur of many an accrediting organization.


You can no longer (6/25/2020) download it from https://www.goacta.org/publications/downloads/Accreditation2007Final.pdf.

(My cursory search at ACTA seems to indicate that it is not available any more. -- EGR)




-- EGR

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