CEA and the University of New Haven (UNH) of West Haven, Connecticut are
pleased to announce a new, comprehensive academic agreement wherein UNH
will now act as the University of Record for all CEA GlobalCampus programs.
Signing ceremony for the University of Record Agreement
The University of New Haven, founded in 1920, is a private, comprehensive university located in West Haven, Connecticut. UNH's mission is to prepare career-ready graduates for meaningful roles in today's global economy and to nurture the pursuit of lifelong learning. The university offers more than 80 undergraduate degree programs and more than 25 graduate degree programs, in innovative fields such as sports management, nutrition and dietetics, forensic science, music and sound recording, engineering, computer science, fire science, and criminal justice.
UNH has a full-time undergraduate enrollment of more than 2,000 students and a Graduate School enrollment exceeding 1,700 day and evening graduate students.
Under the agreement, UNH assumes responsibility to set and monitor all academic
standards from the approval of courses to the appointment of faculty. UNH will
also involve its faculty according to its own internal processes in all academic
aspects, including regular site reviews by faculty.
The agreement follows the highest standards of good practice in education abroad,
and satisfies the rigorous requirements of the University's institutional accreditor,
The Commission on Higher Education of the New England Association for Schools
and Colleges (CIHE/NEASC). The agreement follows the widely accepted statement
by institutional accreditors on "Policy on Contractual Arrangements Involving
Courses and Programs."
CEA and UNH were served by then consultant and now CEA Chief Academic Officer,
Dr. Geoffrey Bannister, whose recent paper, "Responsibilities of a University
of Record in U.S. Education Abroad" lays out the standards that the agreement
is designed to meet. These standards meet or exceed the institutional accreditors
requirements, and CIHE/NEASC assured itself that the agreement met all of its
requirements by submitting the University to a full review by the CIHE/NEASC
Board at its November, 2006, meeting.
While CEA and UNH have declined to post the text of the agreement because of
certain proprietary terms, the contract meets the full requirements of the NEASC
policy statement and Dr. Bannister's recent background paper. As a matter of
public record and to help other organizations contemplating such relationships
in the future, The American Council on Education (ACE) will make this paper available on their website.
FAST FACTS
- UNH is the official University of Record for the CEA GlobalCampus Network
- Satisfies the requirements of UNH's institutional accreditor, The Commission
on Higher Education of the New England Association for Schools and Colleges
(CIHE/NEASC)
- Courses will be designed in conjunction with and approved by UNH
- All faculty selection and appointment to be made in conjunction with UNH
- UNH transcript available to all CEA GlobalCampus students
- Credits easily transferable
Quotes
Dr. Steven Kaplan, President of the University of New Haven
"CEA's organizational strengths, marketing capacities and student responsiveness
provide a good complement to the academic strengths of UNH. We are especially
excited about the future for the GlobalCampus network, where our active partnership
is focused. The early successes of Barcelona and Paris, and the immediate future
for Madrid, Seville, Rome and Florence, bode well for the future of a worldwide
academic network focused on best practices in curriculum, pedagogy and technology."
Brian Boubek
"CEA has been working for a number of years with a significant number
of accredited partner universities in the United States and elsewhere.
With these diverse partnerships we have been able to grow and expand.
Today we provide educational programs abroad through our partner universities
overseas and, more significantly of late, through CEA's GlobalCampus Network.
However, given our range and complexity today, and the expanding needs
for U.S. study abroad in general, we have been seeking a true educational
partner in the United States who can help us provide the highest quality
of education abroad programs in the nation."
Geoff Bannister
"I have been involved for over twenty years in education abroad as a Dean,
University President, Board Chair and association executive, and I know of no
more rigorous contract or prior review than CIHE/NEASC enforced on this relationship.
The result is a model for education abroad that satisfies the needs of a provider,
the highest standards of a fully committed academic institution and the full
and transparent demands of an institutional accreditor. While this may seem
strange to seasoned university executives, it is the only case I know of in
which the accreditor has so comprehensively reviewed and approved the relationship
prior to its launch."
