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THE EFFICACY OF REGIONAL ACCREDITATION COMPARED TO DIRECT
PUBLIC REGULATION OF POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED
STATES
by
John Robert Hall III
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
August 2012
Copyright 2012 John Robert Hall III
Object Description
| Title | The efficacy of regional accreditation compared to direct public regulation of post-seconadary institutions in the United States |
| Author | Hall, John Robert, III |
| Author email | johnhall@usc.edu;jhall@greenwoodhall.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-05-04 |
| Date submitted | 2012-06-01 |
| Date approved | 2012-06-01 |
| Restricted until | 2012-06-01 |
| Date published | 2012-06-01 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Keim, Robert |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Yates, Kenneth Hentschke, Guilbert |
| Abstract | Accreditation has been the primary regulatory model for higher education in the United States since the 19th century. As the federal government became more involved in funding higher education in the 1960s, it began assuming more of a regulatory role. Accreditation agencies and the United States Department of Education (DOE) coupled with market forces now play significant oversight roles. Some policymakers have argued for even greater federal involvement triggering a debate on the efficacy of oversight models. ❧ This study surveyed higher education leaders to determine their experience with accreditation and the DOE as well views on which oversight model is more efficacious in the areas of student success, student return on investment, innovation, institutional autonomy, oversight capacity, quality, and academic prestige. Data from public sources was also analyzed to determine if countries with historically significant public regulation had inferior performing systems when compared to the American model. Countries were ranked based on college attainment rates, representation in ranking indices, and estimates of gross earning benefit yielded by higher education. ❧ This study as well as prior research suggests accreditation coupled with market forces and some federal oversight to be most appropriate when compared to dominant public regulation. These findings are not a validation of accreditation but a practical conclusion based on the potential consequences of European-style public intervention. Additional research is needed to determine the level of causation between oversight models and key metrics in higher education as well as to better establish what the most effective oversight model should include. |
| Keyword | higher education; regulation; accreditation |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Hall, John Robert, III |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume4/etd-HallJohnRo-875.pdf |
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| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | THE EFFICACY OF REGIONAL ACCREDITATION COMPARED TO DIRECT PUBLIC REGULATION OF POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES by John Robert Hall III A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION August 2012 Copyright 2012 John Robert Hall III |
