Council for Higher Education Accreditation Washington (CHEA)
International
Quality Principles (May 2015)
1 Quality and higher education providers: Assuring and
achieving quality in higher education is the primary responsibility of higher
education providers and their staff.
2. Quality and
students: The education provided to students must always be of high quality
whatever the learning outcomes pursued.
3. Quality and society: The quality of higher education
provision is judged by how well it meets the needs of society, engenders public
confidence and sustains public trust.
4. Quality and government: Governments have a role in
encouraging and supporting quality higher education.
5. Quality and accountability: It is the responsibility of
higher education providers and quality assurance and accreditation bodies to
sustain a strong commitment to accountability and provide regular evidence of
quality.
6. Quality and the role of quality assurance and
accreditation bodies: Quality assurance and accreditation bodies, working with
higher education providers and their leadership, staff and students, are
responsible for the implementation of processes, tools, benchmarks and measures
of learning outcomes that help to create a shared understanding of quality.
7. Quality and change: Quality higher education needs to be
flexible, creative and innovative; developing and evolving to meet students’
needs, to justify the confidence of society and to maintain diversity
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