8. The CHEA Board of Directors has encouraged an additional function, active participation
in international quality assurance on a global basis. CHEA has developed an extensive
program of activity in this area, including its annual International Seminar connected to its
annual conference and regular staff attendance at global quality assurance meetings. CHEA
has worked with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) on numerous joint statements and quality assurance documents in recent years.
The UNESCO Portal on Higher Education Institutions, with its data on higher education
institutions in approximately 50 countries, includes CHEA as its general source of infor-
mation on U.S. accreditation. And, in 2010, CHEA was selected to coordinate the external
review and evaluation of the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education
created by the European Ministers for their cross-border quality assurance.