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THE COSTS OF INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITATION:
A STUDY OF DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS
by
P. J. Woolston
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 P. J. Woolston
Object Description
| Title | The costs of institutional accreditation: a study of direct and indirect costs |
| Author | Woolston, P. J. |
| Author email | woolston@usc.edu;pjwoolston@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-03-26 |
| Date submitted | 2012-06-25 |
| Date approved | 2012-06-26 |
| Restricted until | 2012-06-26 |
| Date published | 2012-06-26 |
| Advisor (committee chair) |
Keim, Robert Winn, Jade |
| Advisor (committee member) | Robison, Mark |
| Abstract | This mixed methods study investigated the direct and indirect costs of institutional accreditation and the differences in those costs between types of institutions. Accreditation Liaison Officers (ALOs) at four-year institutions from three of the six regional accrediting agencies were surveyed. Statistically significant differences were discovered between the means of direct costs by Carnegie classification but not by accrediting region, whereas statistically significant differences were discovered between various means of the different categories of indirect costs by both Carnegie classification and accrediting region. Indirect costs were monetized and combined with direct costs to determine a cumulative cost. Thus a per-institution average of $327,254 (when calculated by accreditation region) and $341,103 (when calculated by Carnegie Basic classification) was identified for a total institutional expense to the higher education community in excess of $660 million per seven to 10 year review cycle. Additionally it was determined that the indirect costs amount to roughly four times the direct costs. Despite the high costs of accreditation more than three times as many ALOs believed the costs of accreditation to be justified than those who did not believe them to be justified. It was also possible to develop a general profile of the ALO as a highly committed and capable individual who is often overwhelmed professionally and sometimes even personally by the demands of accreditation. This has important implications for institutional administrators in determining what constitutes adequate support for this person in both money and time resources made available for the execution of his or her responsibilities. |
| Keyword | accreditation; benefit; cost; direct; indirect; institutional |
| 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 |
| Rights | Woolston, P. J. |
| 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-WoolstonPJ-907.pdf |
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| Full text | THE COSTS OF INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITATION: A STUDY OF DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS by P. J. Woolston 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 P. J. Woolston |
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