Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision
Document Type
Empirical Research Article
Keywords
quality assurance; accreditation standards; CACREP; counselor preparation
Subject Area
Counselor Education
Abstract
The U.S Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) both recognize national, regional, and programmatic accreditors across the country. However, there is a lingering question about whether accreditation is linked to the quality of education. In an effort to address this question, we conducted a study to examine the accreditation standards of the Council for Accreditation and Related Educational Program (CACREP). Based on the paucity of existing empirical studies specific to the CACREP accreditation standards, we developed a national survey to gather faculty members’ perceptions of the relevance and clarity of the accreditation standards for counselor education. The results provide insight into the perceptions of educators, directions for future revisions of the accreditation standards, and implications for the counseling profession.
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.7729/42.1418
Recommended Citation
Lu, H., & Pillay, Y. (2020). Examining the 2016 CACREP Standards: A National Survey. Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision, 13(2). http://dx.doi.org/10.7729/42.1418