ERIC Number: EJ1045630
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-1358-3883
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Impact of Accreditation on Public and Private Universities: A Comparative Study
Dattey, Kwame; Westerheijden, Don F.; Hofman, Wiecher H. Adriaan
Tertiary Education and Management, v20 n4 p307-319 2014
Based on two cycles of assessments for accreditation, this study assesses the differential impacts of accreditation on public and private universities in Ghana. Analysis of the evaluator reports indicates no statistically significant difference--improvement or deterioration--between the two cycles of evaluations for both types of institutions. A test comparing the two-cycle aggregated assessment scores between the two categories of universities, however, indicated a significant difference, with the public universities achieving better scores (improvements). Drawing on the evaluators' reports and the opinions expressed by academics from both categories of institutions, the conclusion was that isomorphic pressures, largely faced by the private universities, accounted for their implementation of suggestions for improvement by the evaluators.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accreditation (Institutions), Public Colleges, Private Colleges, Institutional Evaluation, Higher Education, Educational History, Comparative Analysis, Questionnaires, Teacher Surveys, Educational Indicators, Educational Improvement, Statistical Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ghana
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