Governance
Governance within higher education is a diverse structure which meets the individual needs of each institution. Pathetically, there is no commonality between these governing boards and little guidance from a regulatory board. Each institution may boast of governing board consisting of president, boards, faculty, deans, admission specialists and so forth (Association of Governing Boards, 2010). 
Each institution makes “their own internal allocations based on the resources they can command” (Cohen & Kisker, 2010, p 519). This leads to many difficulties as few people within the governing boards have a full vision of the institution as a whole. As decisions are made, they are made mostly from the point of view of which department or department head has the most political power.
Accreditation
Accreditation is another issue facing higher education. Despite the organization of councils such as the Council of Higher Education Accreditation -CHEA (2010) there are many holes in the system of higher education, especially as new programs are consistently added to the list. However, the CHEA attempts to “affirm that the standards and processes of the accrediting organization are consistent with the academic quality, improvement and accountability expectations that CHEA has established, including the eligibility standard that the majority of institutions or programs each accredits are degree-granting” (p 1).
Sources:
Association of Governing Boards. (2010). Higher education governance. Retrieved from www.agb.org/higher-education-governance
Cohen, A. & Kisker, C. (2010). The shaping of American higher education: Emergence and growth of the contemporary system. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Council of Higher Education of Accreditation. (2010). Home. Retrieved from www.chea.org/Directories/index.asp
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