Accreditation in Latin America and the Caribbean

In this month’s edition of World Education News and Reviews, we continue our review of accreditation procedures across Latin America and the Caribbean with a look at developments in Panamá and Nicaragua. These two Central American nations are both slowly entering the discourse on quality…

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Accreditation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Nicaragua

Consejo Nacional de Universidades (CNU) Sistema Nacional de Evaluación y Acreditación Background In 1990, the Nicaraguan government passed Law 89 granting academic, financial, and administrative autonomy to the nation’s institutions of higher education. The law also established the National University Council (CNU) as the official…

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