Publications

OECD/US Forum on Trade in Educational Services: Conference Proceedings
Marjorie Peace Lenn, John Deupree and Miasia E. Johnson, editors

This Forum, co-sponsored by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the US Departments of Education and Commerce, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (Executive Office of the President), the World Bank and the Center for Quality Assurance in International Education was held on May 23-24, 2002 in Washington, DC  and was a landmark event for higher education globally.
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The Foundations of Globalization of Higher Education and the Professions
Marjorie Peace Lenn and Bradley D. Miller, editors

"Drawing upon THE CENTER'S capacities and networks throughout the regulatory and higher education communities worldwide, it is the aim of Foundations to provide a forum for multiple regulated professions, their concomitant accreditation, licensing and certification bodies and higher education to share their experiences and lessons learned preparing for and entering international arenas. Through analyses of trends and issues and detailed case histories, the assembled articles serve to broaden our awareness and understanding and to assist these stakeholders in preparing for and influencing the globalization process."
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Multinational Discourse on Professional Accreditation,Certification, and Licensure:  Bridges for the Globalizing Professions,
Marjorie Peace Lenn and Lenora B. Campos, editors.

This text is the 1998 annual volume of THE CENTER FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE IN INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION'S series The Globalization of Higher Education and the Professions (its longitudinal study of the internationalization of higher education and the professions, which memorializes the measures and countermeasures observed in the long march toward globalization).  The present volume focuses on the role multinational discourse plays in the quest for mutual recognition of professional accreditation, certification, and licensure.  As will become clearer after having read this book, on the eve of the 21st century, higher education and the regulated professions no longer have the choice to globalize or not to globalize--globalization has become a fact of life. Instead, the question with which they must struggle is:   "How do we best globalize?"
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Globalization of the Professions and the Quality Imperative: Trade Agreements and Professional Accreditation,Certification, and Licensure
Marjorie Peace Lenn and Lenora B. Campos, editors.

Generated by the May, 1996, international conference, this book collects representative essays on the relationship of trade agreements and professional education, certification, and licensure as an introduction to their global implications—the most compelling of which is quality assurance.  As will become clearer after the essays have been read, the twenty-first century will see the rise of the global professional, an individual qualified to provide professional services in any country worldwide.  Inspired by radically shifting assumptions about the global community’s past, present, and future, the movement to redefine the role of the professional is propelled by the many regional and global trade agreements that encourage movement of professional services, as well as goods, across national borders.

This important text brings together the ideas and observations of over 30 leaders in the fields of professional education, multilateral trade agreements, accreditation, certification, and licensure.
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Ambassadors of U.S. Higher Education:  Quality Credit-Bearing Programs Abroad
John Deupree and Marjorie Peace Lenn, editors.

John Deupree, Director of International Education for the College Board, and Marjorie Peace Lenn co-edited this selection of case studies which serves as a "pathway to consistency and quality in the manner  US institutions of higher education manifest themselves outside the geographical and educational borders of the United States."  As is evident from the essays, "the challenge to deliver quality educational services across national borders is only beginning."    The editors found that the advent of new technologies is accelerating the process by which education is delivered from one country to another, and there is no time to lose in building bridges to ensure the academic quality is well-defined and articulated from one system to another.  Included in this text are proposed standards for US institutions offering credit-bearing programs abroad and case studies by Steve Crow, North Central Association of Colleges and Schools; Philip Palin, The Laurasian Institution; John Deupree, The College Board; Marjorie Peace Lenn, THE CENTER FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE IN INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION; John Maudlin-Jeronimo, National Architectural Accrediting Board; Charles Reafsynder, Indiana University; Jared Dorn, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in Nigata, Japan; and John Yopp and Rhonda Vinson, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
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