Ensuring Academic Quality Accreditation Self Study at CEA’s Global Campuses
CEA Global Campuses, an integral part of the CEA Global Education Network, empowers your institution to internationalize your campus and connect your students with study abroad programs in diverse and engaging destinations around the world. The mission is to create opportunities for students to achieve global competence – as well as attain personal growth – through international education and cultural experiences. To ensure that the borderless education provided at each CEA Global Campus consistently meets the highest academic standards, CEA continually evaluates and improves these programs through a comprehensive Accreditation Self Study.
Continuous Improvement Continuously evaluating and improving its Global Campuses provides CEA with an invaluable opportunity for self-evaluation, self-criticism and self-directed improvement ─ all to the direct benefit of its students. As part of the Accreditation Self Study process, each CEA Global Campus program undergoes three levels of review: • Annual self-evaluation report • External site visit reviews by professionals • Program assessment by the University of New Haven (UNH) In addition, five integrated layers of faculty assessment provide both qualitative and quantitative information drawn from students and peers: • Class observation • Faculty course evaluation • Faculty self-assessment • Faculty development report • Faculty performance review This comprehensive process creates an effective cycle of feedback that is critical to instructional integrity and improved student learning. It also reinforces the vital ability of each CEA Global Campus to identify, train and retain excellent academic faculty.
Accreditation Benchmarks As an external set of benchmarks, CEA has adopted the nine Standards of Good Practice established by The Forum for Education Abroad – the leader in study abroad quality assessment. These standards establish appropriate and objective criteria for determining the extent to which the education delivered by CEA through UNH-transcripted courses is structured to ensure continuous improvement. For more information on the Standards of Good Practice for Education Abroad, please visit: www.forumea.org CEA has additionally made a commitment to meet the standards of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges – The Commission on Institutions of Higher Education (NEASC-CIHE), a premier regional accreditor. This commitment both guides the contractual relationship with UNH and serves to engage university administrators and faculty in periodic on-site reviews of Global Campus programs.
To the Ultimate Benefit of Students The annual Accreditation Self Study confirms that student learning and development is the central goal at each CEA Global Campus – in curricular as well as extra-curricular activities. This exhaustive process encourages and inspires CEA to constantly develop new and creative ways to ensure that students are equipped, advised and motivated to profit from the educational and cultural opportunities and experiences they encounter while studying abroad. The commitment to continuous quality improvement embodied in the Accreditation Self Study process is a hallmark of CEA Global Campuses. The goal is no less than to develop global competence in every CEA student.
Existing CEA Global Campus sites:
Sites under development:
Paris, France
Barcelona, Spain
Shanghai, China (Summer 2010)
Dublin, Ireland
Madrid, Spain
Buenos Aires, Argentina (Fall 2010)
Florence, Italy
Seville, Spain
Sydney, Australia
Rome, Italy
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