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Editor's notes /Patricia M. O'Brien -- Accreditation in the United States : how did we get to where we are? / Barbara Brittingham -- Accreditation's benefits for individuals and institutions / Patricia A. McGuire -- A college president's defense on accreditation / Robert A. Oden -- The impact of the changing climate for accreditation on the individual college or university : five trends and their implications / John W. Bardo -- An accreditation dilemma : the tension between program accountability and program improvement in programmatic accreditation / Frank B. Murray -- Accreditation systems in Japan and the United States / Rie Mori -- Accreditation in the United States / Judith S. Eaton -- Musings on the future of accreditation / Steven Crow.