14 juillet 2017
14 juillet 2017
Update on Moves by ACICS-Accredited Colleges
By Paul Fain. The 269 institutions overseen by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools must find a new accreditor or risk losing financial aid. ACICS is a national accreditor that the Obama administration in December decided to terminate, in large part due to concerns about the agency's oversight of Corinthian Colleges and ITT Technical Institute. More...
14 juillet 2017
Bipartisan Bill on Competency-Based Education
By Paul Fain. A bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives last week would create a demonstration project for competency-based education programs. The project would grant statutory and regulatory flexibility to participants, such as in the application of federal financial aid rules, while also creating new requirements aimed at accountability and transparency. More...
14 juillet 2017
New Quality Standards for Nontraditional Providers
By Paul Fain. Entangled Solutions, a company that focuses on innovation in higher education, this week released new third-party quality assurance standards. While the firm said it hopes a broad range of institutions will use the standards, they were designed in part for nontraditional ones like boot camps and online course providers. More...
14 juillet 2017
Alternative System for Registered Apprenticeships
By Paul Fain. President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that seeks to expand apprenticeships, in part by opening the door to alternative education providers and giving industry groups a more active role with the federal apprenticeship program. More...
14 juillet 2017
Competency Education Group Opens Membership
By Paul Fain. The Competency-Based Education Network, a grant-funded group of 30 institutions with competency-based programs, has become a free-standing nonprofit association and is opening up its membership. More...
14 juillet 2017
Graduate School Price Increases Slow Down
By Paul Fain. Prices for graduate and professional programs of study have risen in all sectors in recent years, except for the relatively small for-profit one, according to a new report from the Urban Institute and AccessLex Institute. More...
14 juillet 2017
Update on Community College OER Project
By Paul Fain. Last year Achieving the Dream began a $9.8-million project to use open educational resources (OER) to create degree programs at 38 community colleges. A study on early returns, which was conducted by SRI International and the rpk GROUP, found that faculty members are changing their teaching in the OER courses and that students are at least as engaged in the courses as they are in conventional ones. More...
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