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title: Blog | Higher Education | Institutional Effectiveness | SPOL | Joe Bauman, M.S. (2)
description: Visit SPOL's blog to learn more about how to improve institutional effectiveness in higher education. Topics include planning, budgeting, credentialing, assessment, and accreditation. (2)
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### [Comparing Institutional Effectiveness Standards, Part II](https://blog.spol.com/comparing-institutional-effectiveness-standards-part-ii)

In our last post, we talked about what the seven accreditation regions in the U.S. have in common in terms of their standards regarding institutional ...

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### [Comparing Institutional Effectiveness Standards, Part I](https://blog.spol.com/comparing-institutional-effectiveness-standards-part-i)

I had the opportunity to present a webinar to the members of OCAIR (Overseas Chinese Association for Institutional Research, https://ocair.org/). The ...

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