“Higher education created accreditation and we are responsible for ensuring it continues to serve its public and private purposes. This responsibility cannot be taken lightly by academic leaders,” said Edward Ayers, co-chair of the American Council on Education’s (ACE) National Task Force on Institutional Accreditation and President of the University of Richmond (VA).
Recognizing that accreditation as a measure of quality is a complex undertaking, ACE created the National Task Force on Institutional Accreditation to support institutions searching for the best ways to assure quality. The initial project of the task force is to evaluate the current state of self-regulated accreditation—its effectiveness and value—and to make recommendations to further preserve and guarantee an environment of academic quality.
