Can academic excellence be accredited?

Published Article === This article reports on the possibility of the accreditation of academic excellence specifically in the South African higher education context. Several examples cited attempt to suggest possibilities of bestowing an unequivocal elucidation to academic achievement. It, however,...

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Main Author: Visagie, Johan
Other Authors: Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Journal for New Generation Sciences, Vol 2, Issue 1: Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11462/455
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Summary:Published Article === This article reports on the possibility of the accreditation of academic excellence specifically in the South African higher education context. Several examples cited attempt to suggest possibilities of bestowing an unequivocal elucidation to academic achievement. It, however, appears difficult to compile a straightforward and clear-cut set of criteria that would provide a solution to this predicament. However, current-day methodologies allow positivistic planning, using quantitative measures, to qualify and quantify excellence within institutions, plans, projects and people.