Responses A, B, C, & D
PLEASE PUT REFERENCES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER UNDER EACH SECTION (A, B, C, & D) AND YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WRITE AS IF THIS IS A PAPER. It is a simple discussion response in FIRST PERSON (ex. I agree with you….et.) …..Thank you!!!! NOTE: Please use APA 7th ed. for referencing and in-text citations please!! (NO .com references! Only scholarly and peer-reviewed!!!) If you do not have a completed reference (where you retrieved it from if no doi…..), I will cancel the order!! NOTE: 2 references for A, B, C, & D with a minimum of 207 words each; USE SEVERAL IN-TEXT CITATIONS!! Please respond to each comment in reference to higher education accreditation. In your responses to peers, provide feedback about their experiences or potential experiences covering other aspects they might consider including how ethical behavior might be assured, etc. A) “My program is held accountable to both a regional accreditor (i.e., Middle States Commission on Higher Education) and a programmatic accreditor (i.e., Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant). From a regional accreditation standpoint, my university in currently completing its self-study in preparation for a site visit in spring of 2021. I served on a committee that addressed Standard V, which examines assessment practices (MSCHE, 2020). The committee was comprised of faculty from all of the university programs. It was enlightening to see how each program viewed their ability to address the standards, as well as identify potential gaps in their existing processes.” B) “While accreditation is “voluntary”, if the institution is to have access to 86% of the potential student body and federal funding, the institution must comply with the stated framework of accrediting bodies. What if the reliance on accreditation standards is the government’s attempt to indirectly control the public’s thinking and access to knowledge, by dictating information exchange and limiting innovation through standardization? Is this possible?” C) NOTE: I have not participated in an accreditation process as well however I have participated in a process for the state while working in social work. “I have not participated in an accreditation process for a university, but I have participated in a process for a local health department. I would imagine many of the requirements and attention to detail would be very similar. As a health educator, I also played a role in being the agency historian. I was required to pull together records and historical data. I also was responsible for herding team leads, ensuring they kept up with deadlines and benchmarks. The entire process took about two years; however, we became one of the first health departments in the state to become accredited. Luckily, I avoided that task at my former position at a health department.” D) “I had the opportunity to assist in developing both the written report that we submitted to CAPTE prior to their onsite visit, as well as working on the onsite materials they would need to review to determine whether our program was in compliance and worthy of being considered for re-accreditation. This process actually took two years. We started by attending a CAPTE training workshop at the APTA Combined Sections meeting. I think I felt like a deer in headlights when I learned about the breath of documentation required. It really takes developing a plan early and the willing to do many many edits of the reports.”
