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Public Accountability and Reporting: What Should Be the Public Part of Accreditation?
Author(s) -
Ketcheson Kathi A.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
new directions for higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0741
pISSN - 0271-0560
DOI - 10.1002/he.6
Subject(s) - accountability , accreditation , higher education , context (archaeology) , public relations , public information , political science , public administration , business , accounting , paleontology , law , biology
Electronic institutional portfolios provide access to information on student learning outcomes and institutional accountability and thus respond to the public nature of information for accreditation. These portfolios are the focus of this chapter, discussed in the context of a national project involving six urban universities.