Accreditation across cultures: a case study.
Accreditation of academic programs is one of the most significant developments in the evolution of professional education in the United States. Efforts in several fields to extend programmatic accreditation to institutions outside the United States have had mixed results. This report describes such an accreditation experience in health services administration, its pitfalls, and the lessons that the site visit team (the authors) learned. The authors hope that others undertaking such tasks can benefit from this experience.
McLean
Robert A
RA
University Relations, CFA Institute, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA. bob.mclean@cfa.institute.org
Blackwell
Jerry L
JL
Stoskopf
Carleen H
CH
D000068:Accreditation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D012576:Schools, Health Occupations / Q000592:standards*; D014479:United Arab Emirates; D014481:United States