Barbara Brittingham

Barbara Brittingham is President of the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education

(CIHE), New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) where she has

worked since 2000. CIHE accredits 225 colleges and universities in the six New England

States and 11 institutions in six other countries. Previously she served as a member and

chair of the Commission.

She was Dean of the College of Human Science and Services at the University of Rhode

Island where she also served as Interim Dean of University Libraries, Director of the

Curriculum Research and Development Center, and Professor of Education. She was

founding dean of the College of Education at Zayed University in the United Arab

Emirates and worked in Ankara, Turkey, while on a World Bank project. Currently she

serves on the board of Quality and Qualifications Ireland; on the Quality Council in

Iceland; and on the Committee on Recognition of the Council for Higher Education

Accreditation. She served on the American Council on Education National Task Force on

Institutional Accreditation. From 2014-2017 she chaired the Council of Regional

Accrediting Commissions.

She has served on the boards of six national accreditation organizations and has worked

with ministries and universities in over twenty-five countries, sponsored by the Fulbright

Commission, the U.S. State Department, the World Bank, and local governments and

universities.