IPA carries out its mission adhering to the following objectives:

To educate individual trustees and boards on matters that affects their institutional oversight responsibilities

To promote wider understanding of and appreciation for citizen leadership and lay governance as the only effective ways to ensure the quality and independence of American higher education

To advance the philosophy that all elected or appointed trustees serve in the public trust and should consider themselves trustees of higher education as a whole

To strengthen the relationship between trustees and chief executives in the fulfillment of their distinct yet complementary responsibilities

To stimulate cooperation with public-policy makers, government agencies, and private organizations that have a stake in the effective governance and quality of colleges and universities

To identify and study emerging public-policy issues of concern to higher education by providing forums for their discussion and by encouraging appropriate member initiative.



Certification

IPA offers certification and related education and training and, where IPA is the issuing authority, testing and professional certification, Major areas of certification include:

Full name: Chinese Language Teacher
Abbreviated name: CLT

Full name:Certified International Professional Manager
Abbreviated name:CIPM

Full name:Senior Professional in Human Resources
Abbreviated name:SPHR

Full name: Certified International Financial Expert
Abbreviated name: CIFE

Full name: Certified International Strategic Planning Manager
Abbreviated name: CISPM

Full name: Certified Production Operation Manager
Abbreviated name: CPOM

Full name: Certified Sales Expert
Abbreviated name: CSE

Full name: Certified international Professional Lecturer
Abbreviated name: CIPL

Full name: International Finance Manager
Abbreviated name: IFM

Full name: Certificated International Property Manager
Abbreviated name: CIPM

Full name: International Certified Practising Accountant
Abbreviated name: ICPA

Full name: Certified International Expert in Hotel Management
Abbreviated name: CIEHM

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Many factors persuade and reveal the quality of education. IPA reviews the effectiveness of an institution’s educational programs by evaluating the infrastructure that supports the delivery of programs as well as educational results, including student achievement.
Eligibility:
To be eligible for IPA accreditation, an institution must be legally established, licensed by the state or government. To demonstrate financial stability, the school must have been in continuous operation for a minimum of TWO year prior to application for accreditation and have graduated at least one class of students from its longest program.
The institute should submit Self Evaluation Report, The SER includes questions related to all phases of an institution’s operation.
IPA Mission
International Profession Certification Association is the global organization for flexible learning and teaching deriving its position from: 1、the unique knowledge and experience of its members throughout the world 2、expertise from this in development and use of new methodologies and emerging technologies An important aim of IPA is to promote intercultural co-operation and understanding through flexible learning and teaching throughout the world. Further Aims 1、to contribute to the development of new methodologies and technologies in order to improve lifelong learning; 2、to foster international collaboration in flexible learning and teaching; 3、to support and develop networks for flexible learning and teaching at national, regional and global levels; 4、to encourage the development of good practice and standards in flexible learning and teaching.
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