Presenters: JOHN LABRIE, Simon Fraser University (Canada); IAN ROFFE, University of Wales (United Kingdom); LIZ PRYZIBILLA, The University of Adelaide (Australia); WILLIAM S. MCCLURE, University of Massachusetts Amherst (United States)

      A growing number of university students and CE programs are moving across national borders. Joint degree programs, study abroad, distance education, and professional exchanges are all contributing to the internationalization of lifelong learning. Still, there is no common definition of quality when it comes to higher education, and no accepted international metric for measuring quality. A few U.S. professional accrediting organizations now conduct accreditation visits internationally using the same criteria and policies as for domestic visits. Still, each country context is unique. Therefore, any university CE unit seeking to expand capacity through crossborder education needs to ensure that meaningful quality assurance practices are in place. In this session, an international panel from Canada, Wales, Australia and the United States will discuss the organizational challenges for universities associated with cross-border lifelong learning, new issues for policymakers, and quality assurance practices.