Armenia’s National Center for Professional Education Quality Assurance Foundation (ANQA) has become a member of the USA-based Council for Higher Education Accreditation’s (CHEA) International Quality Group (CIQG).

The CHEA is a national advocate and institutional voice for promoting academic quality through accreditation, CHEA is an association of 3,000 degree-granting colleges and universities and recognizes approximately 60 institutional and programmatic accrediting organizations.

The CHEA International Quality Group (CIQG) is a forum for colleges and universities, accrediting and quality assurance organizations, higher education associations, governments, businesses, foundations and individuals to address issues and challenges for quality assurance in an international setting. CIQG was launched in September 2012 by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), a non-profit, non-governmental association focused on U.S. accreditation and higher education quality assurance worldwide.

By becoming a member, the ANQA is obligated to follow the seven assurance principles defined by the CIQG.

The CIQG provides service designed to:

• Assist institutions and organizations in further enhancing capacity for academic quality
• Advance understanding of international quality assurance
• Provide research and policy direction