# Abstract — Institutional Quality Assurance Reforms (GOOD: hedge preserved)

**Word count:** 151 (whitespace-split)

Peer-review-based accreditation may accelerate institutional responsiveness
under low-resource conditions. Drawing on a cross-sectional study of 14 higher
education institutions, this chapter examines how reform sequencing shapes
adoption trajectories. Findings tentatively suggest that institutions exposed
to accreditation cycles earlier achieved stronger alignment within three years.
The chapter offers exploratory policy implications for accreditation bodies in
emerging systems, while noting that causal attribution requires future
longitudinal study with a comparison group.

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