Can academic excellence be accredited?

Abstract

This article reports on the possibility of the accreditation of academic excellence specifically in the South African higher education context. Several examples cited attempt to suggest possibilities of bestowing an unequivocal elucidation to academic achievement. It, however, appears difficult to compile a straightforward and clear-cut set of criteria that would provide a solution to this predicament. However, current-day methodologies allow positivistic planning, using quantitative measures, to qualify and quantify excellence within institutions, plans, projects and people.