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NAFSA wRAP Up Newsletter – Accreditation II

It is with great pride that we announce that the NAFSA wRAP-Up newsletter team has published the second installment in our two-part series on global accreditation/recognition. http://www.nafsa.org/resourcelibrary/Default.aspx?id=28371

It is a very robust issue (nearly 60 pages without credentials!) covering the following special topics:
- Accreditation in Sub-Saharan Africa (with extensive resources and webliography)
- Australia Accreditation and Quality Issues
- Part II on Higher Education Accreditation in Canada
- Higher Education Accreditation in Chile
- Awards and Qualifications in the UK
- Accreditation in the US
- Rogue Providers in Vietnam

It also includes some of our regular newsletter features:
- Message from the RAP Chair
- EducationUSA and Regional Educational Advising Coordinator Updates
- Q&A with Jim Frey
- RAP publications update
- English Language Training and Administration

In case you missed the previous issue, Accreditation I was released at the end of 2010 and can be found online at http://www.nafsa.org/resourcelibrary/Default.aspx?id=24038

Special topics:
- Accreditation Mills by Allen Ezell
- Part I on Higher Education Accreditation in Canada
- Medical Education in the Caribbean
- Accreditation and Mutual Recognition in Europe
- Business School Qualifications in France
- Accreditation in India
- Accreditation in South Africa
- US Accreditation

Regular columns:
- Message from the RAP Chair
- EducationUSA Updates
- Q&A with Jim Frey
- RAP Publications Update

It has been a pleasure to work on these editions.  They are one of my proudest achievements as Managing Editor, and I am so grateful to have gotten to work with such terrific people.

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