Accreditation process

Accreditation is the process in which certification of competency, authority, or credibility is presented. Organizations that issue credentials or certify third parties against official standards are themselves formally accredited by accreditation bodies (such as UKAS); hence they are sometimes known as "accredited certification bodies".[1] The accreditation process ensures that their certification practices are acceptable, typically meaning that they are competent to test and certify third parties, behave ethically and employ suitable quality assurance (1).If the accreditation process follows this definition, it has to measure the competence of the graduates of the entity it is showering accreditation on. If an "accredited" university is producing ignorant criminals at a frequency much higher than other reputable universities, it has to lose its status. This does not appear to be the case. Certain highly accredited universities appear to be sued for discrimination and others produce samples that most of the world find obnoxious. It does not matter if these universities have billions in their "well managed," foundations or if they produce Nobel laureates frequently. If its teachers failed to educate its graduates of basic decency or how the world actually works, its accreditation has to be revoked.What's missing in the accreditation process is the actual measurement of quality. In most industries, we measure quality by measuring the output. If a university is creating output that is beyond the control parameters of quality, it has to lose its accreditation, regardless of its reputation, ivy growing ability and many other cosmetic characteristics. It is time we changed the process of accreditation and those who rate universities by faulty statistical analyses may want to take note as well.
(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accredi...