TY - JOUR A1 - Prince, Deborah T1 - American accreditation: Why do it? Y1 - 2012 SN - 21576254 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11268/4569 AB - A review of the history and purpose of accreditation followed by a brief case study of how a small specialist institution outside of the USA went through the process of becoming accredited. The changes needed inside the curriculum and inside the organization in order to make this significant organizational development are reviewed and discussed. The paper concludes with some discussion as to why a non-US based institution might decide to become accredited by an outside agency. KW - Organizational change KW - General education KW - Enseñanza superior - Planificación KW - Calidad Enseñanza Superior KW - Enseñanza superior KW - Acreditación (educación) LA - eng ER -