标题：The financial landscape of public higher education: Does accreditation solidify an information systems program's future? A case study in Pennsylvania, USA
期刊名称：The Online Journal of Applied Knowledge Management
印刷版ISSN：2325-4688
出版年度：2014
卷号：2
期号：1
页码：180-187
出版社：The International Institute for Applied Knowledge Management
摘要：Within the state public higher education system in Pennsylvania, USA, there are 14 state-owned public universities known as PASSHE. From these universities, two (2) have ABET-CAC accreditation as of 2013. Multiple factors have recently disrupted the financial stability of the state's revenue stream and annual allocation to the PASSHE universities, which has resulted in financial deficit positions for many of the PASSHE universities. With the state legislation's plan to consolidate universities and various programs within PASSHE, t his paper discusses how ABET-CAC accred itation can be used as a model to promote the value-added for exemplary information systems programs, and others, to withstand the challenges of consolidation and possible termination
关键词：ABET; Accreditation; Computer Information Systems; Information Systems; Financial; Budget
