By Paul Fain. Barbara Beno, president of the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, has been placed on leave in advance of her planned retirement next year, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Read more...
17 décembre 2016
17 décembre 2016
Education Secretary Drops Recognition of Accreditor
By Paul Fain. In an expected move, John King Jr., the U.S. secretary of education, on Monday made the Education Department's final decision to terminate its recognition of the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS). Read more...
14 décembre 2016
Supreme Court to weigh in on Christian law school accreditation
By Staff. Critics have called Trinity Western’s ‘community covenant,’ banning sex outside heterosexual marriage, homophobic.A controversial university is taking its legal fight over accreditation for its law school to the nation’s top court, in the wake of starkly different court rulings on the issue in three provinces. Read more...
5 décembre 2016
Accreditation, a new administration and a new Congress
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. With the election just over, speculation about winners and losers has been replaced by speculation about what the winners will do with governing the country. When it comes to accreditation, we don’t know much, but we do have some starting points. More...
4 décembre 2016
Pivotal Year for Accreditation
By Judith Eaton. The new federal authority over accreditation and the central focus on consumer protection will have drawbacks for accreditors, higher education and students, writes Judith Eaton. Read more...
26 novembre 2016
Grad rates at core of potential accreditation overhaul
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. A recent joint statement from higher education accrediting bodies has heightened the focus on college and university graduation rates, but some advocates and executives say that accountability requires a greater value of institutional context. More...
24 novembre 2016
Accreditation of Online Degree Programs: Frequently Asked Questions
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Accrediting agencies hold online programs to the same standards of quality as those on campus, experts say. Accreditation is a process conducted by an outside authority to ensure that a school and degree program meet certain standards of quality and rigor. More...
21 novembre 2016
Rectors seek more responsibility for quality assurance
By Michael Gardner. The German Rectors’ Conference or HRK has presented proposals for a new accreditation system for study programmes. Read more...
11 novembre 2016
CFPB Filing in Accreditation Lawsuit
By Paul Fain. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has asked an appeals court to throw out a lower court's ruling that the federal agency lacks the authority to investigate accreditors' oversight of for-profit colleges, Politico reported. Read more...
11 novembre 2016
Education Dept. Backs Defunct For-Profit in Fight With Accreditor
By Doug Lederman. U.S. Education Secretary John King Jr. last week affirmed an administrative judge's March ruling that relieved now-defunct Decker College of a $31.6 million repayment the Education Department demanded the for-profit institution make in 2005. Read more...
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