April 21, 2000

Accrediting Group Changes Standards to Allow Colleges to Set Their Own Goals

By LAWRENCE BIEMILLER

In a move that could signal a new direction for accreditation, the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools has unveiled an alternative accrediting process based on continuing evaluations of a college's progress toward goals it helps set, rather than on traditional standards and prescriptions.

Association officials say that while the traditional mechanisms are not being retired, they hope that at least a third of the institutions currently accredited

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