Susan D. Phillips is a professor of educational leadership and policy and of counseling psychology at the University at Albany. Previously she led the American Psychological Association Committee on Accreditation and the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity. Kevin Kinser is a professor of and the head of Education Policy Studies at Pennsylvania State University, where he is also a senior scientist at the Center for the Study of Higher Education.

• Foreward , by Judith Eaton1. Accreditation, by Susan D. Phillips and Kevin KinserSection I2. Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement, by Sylvia Manning3. Change in Higher Education Accreditation, by Leah K. Matthews4. The Evolving Context of Quality Assurance, by Joseph VibertSection II5. Fixing a Broken Accreditation System, by Anne D. Neal and Armand B. Alacbay6. Innovation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education, by Michael B. Horn and Alana Dunagan7. Regulatory Experimentation, Accreditation, and Innovation, by Paul LeBlancSection III8. Tensions in the Triad, by Peter Ewell9. Managing Risk to Students and Taxpayers in Federal Financial Aid, by David A. Bergeron10. Accreditors as Policy Leaders, by Jamienne S. Studley11. Crossing Borders, by Madeleine F. GreenSection IV12. The Employer Quest for the Quality College Graduate Recruit, by Edwin Koc13. Accreditation and Return on Investment, by Mark Schneider and Audrey Peek14. Does Accreditation Protect Students Effectively?, by Barmak Nassirian and Thomas L. HarnischConclusion: Accreditation, by Kevin Kinser and Susan D. PhillipsContributors Index

In their edited collection Accreditation on the Edge: Challenging Quality Assurance in Higher Education, Phillips and Kinser provide insights into the perspectives of accreditors, institutions, policymakers, and consumers. The value of this volume arises from presenting these different perspectives as insiders who understand the complexity of accreditation and how it is perceived throughout their particular sector.—Phillip A. Olt, Fort Hays State University, Teacher-Scholar

Susan D. Phillips is a professor of educational leadership and policy and of counseling psychology at the University at Albany. Previously she led the American Psychological Association Committee on Accreditation and the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity. Kevin Kinser is a professor of and the head of Education Policy Studies at Pennsylvania State University, where he is also a senior scientist at the Center for the Study of Higher Education.

• Foreward , by Judith Eaton1. Accreditation, by Susan D. Phillips and Kevin KinserSection I2. Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement, by Sylvia Manning3. Change in Higher Education Accreditation, by Leah K. Matthews4. The Evolving Context of Quality Assurance, by Joseph VibertSection II5. Fixing a Broken Accreditation System, by Anne D. Neal and Armand B. Alacbay6. Innovation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education, by Michael B. Horn and Alana Dunagan7. Regulatory Experimentation, Accreditation, and Innovation, by Paul LeBlancSection III8. Tensions in the Triad, by Peter Ewell9. Managing Risk to Students and Taxpayers in Federal Financial Aid, by David A. Bergeron10. Accreditors as Policy Leaders, by Jamienne S. Studley11. Crossing Borders, by Madeleine F. GreenSection IV12. The Employer Quest for the Quality College Graduate Recruit, by Edwin Koc13. Accreditation and Return on Investment, by Mark Schneider and Audrey Peek14. Does Accreditation Protect Students Effectively?, by Barmak Nassirian and Thomas L. HarnischConclusion: Accreditation, by Kevin Kinser and Susan D. PhillipsContributors Index

In their edited collection Accreditation on the Edge: Challenging Quality Assurance in Higher Education, Phillips and Kinser provide insights into the perspectives of accreditors, institutions, policymakers, and consumers. The value of this volume arises from presenting these different perspectives as insiders who understand the complexity of accreditation and how it is perceived throughout their particular sector.—Phillip A. Olt, Fort Hays State University, Teacher-Scholar

Susan D. Phillips is a professor of educational leadership and policy and of counseling psychology at the University at Albany. Previously she led the American Psychological Association Committee on Accreditation and the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity. Kevin Kinser is a professor of and the head of Education Policy Studies at Pennsylvania State University, where he is also a senior scientist at the Center for the Study of Higher Education.

• Foreward , by Judith Eaton1. Accreditation, by Susan D. Phillips and Kevin KinserSection I2. Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement, by Sylvia Manning3. Change in Higher Education Accreditation, by Leah K. Matthews4. The Evolving Context of Quality Assurance, by Joseph VibertSection II5. Fixing a Broken Accreditation System, by Anne D. Neal and Armand B. Alacbay6. Innovation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education, by Michael B. Horn and Alana Dunagan7. Regulatory Experimentation, Accreditation, and Innovation, by Paul LeBlancSection III8. Tensions in the Triad, by Peter Ewell9. Managing Risk to Students and Taxpayers in Federal Financial Aid, by David A. Bergeron10. Accreditors as Policy Leaders, by Jamienne S. Studley11. Crossing Borders, by Madeleine F. GreenSection IV12. The Employer Quest for the Quality College Graduate Recruit, by Edwin Koc13. Accreditation and Return on Investment, by Mark Schneider and Audrey Peek14. Does Accreditation Protect Students Effectively?, by Barmak Nassirian and Thomas L. HarnischConclusion: Accreditation, by Kevin Kinser and Susan D. PhillipsContributors Index

In their edited collection Accreditation on the Edge: Challenging Quality Assurance in Higher Education, Phillips and Kinser provide insights into the perspectives of accreditors, institutions, policymakers, and consumers. The value of this volume arises from presenting these different perspectives as insiders who understand the complexity of accreditation and how it is perceived throughout their particular sector.—Phillip A. Olt, Fort Hays State University, Teacher-Scholar