From: Higher Education Management and Policy Access the journal at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/17269822 Supra-national accreditation, trust and institutional autonomy Contrasting developments of accreditation in the United States and Europe Alberto Amaral, Maria João Rosa, Diana Amado Tavares Please cite this article as: Amaral, Alberto, Maria João Rosa and Diana Amado Tavares (2009), “Supra-national accreditation, trust and institutional autonomy: Contrasting developments of accreditation in the United States and Europe”, Higher Education Management and Policy, Vol. 21/3. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/hemp-21-5ksf24qcgm45