BANGOR, MAINE, Aug. 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Husson University announced today that President Robert A. Clark, PhD, CFA, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) for a three-year term, effective July 1, 2018.With headquarters in Washington, D.C., CHEA is a national advocate and institutional voice for promoting academic quality through accreditation. Representing 3,000 degree-granting colleges and universities, CHEA recognizes 60 institutional and programmatic accrediting organizations.[1] It serves as a national voice for accreditation and quality assurance to the U.S. Congress, the U.S. Department of Education, the general public, opinion leaders, students, and families.[2] CHEA also represents the U.S. accreditation community to international audiences.[3]As a member of the Board of Directors, Clark will be responsible for reviewing and approving the organization's long-term and short-range plans; providing fiscal oversight; recruiting, orienting and developing new board members; hiring and evaluating the performance of the CHEA president; evaluating organizational performance; and establishing policies that help effectively manage the organization."I'm honored to be elected as a member of the CHEA board," said Clark. "As a member of the Board, I look forward to advancing the importance of accreditation at colleges and universities nationwide. It's important that all colleges and universities be held accountable for meeting quality standards. The public deserves to have consistent, reliable information about academic quality and student achievement in order to make informed educational choices."What is Accreditation?Accreditation in higher education is a collegial process of self and peer review designed to improve academic quality and public accountability of institutions and programs.[4] This quality review process occurs on a periodic basis, usually every 3 to 10 years. It involves three major activities: a self-study by an institution or program using the standards or criteria of an accrediting organization, a peer review of an institution or program to gather evidence of quality, and a decision or judgment by ...Full story available on Benzinga.com
