By John Elmes. Largest business school accreditation organisation releases report on future of business education. More...
30 avril 2016
28 avril 2016
Department of Education nudges college accreditors to get tougher
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The Department of Education is calling on accreditation agencies to step up their review of colleges and universities, just as lawmakers are calling on the department to strengthen its review of accreditors. More...
25 avril 2016
Under Scrutiny Itself, For-Profit Accreditor Gets Tough With ITT Tech
The embattled accrediting organization that is under scrutiny for its approval of many controversial for-profit colleges is now taking action against one of the nation’s largest for-profit college chains. Read more...
25 avril 2016
State AGs Ask Feds to Dump For-Profit College Accreditor
Twelve state attorneys general on Friday called on the U.S. Department of Education to deny federal recognition of one of the largest accreditors of for-profit colleges, including the now-defunct Corinthian Colleges. Read more...
25 avril 2016
Education Department Drafts Standards for Accreditors
The department is soliciting public comments on a letter it plans to send to accreditors that will outline the circumstances under which they must notify federal officials of actions they take against a college. Read more...
24 avril 2016
Accreditor Victory in Duel With CFPB
By Michael Stratford. Federal judge rules Consumer Financial Protection Bureau lacks the authority to investigate for-profit-college accreditors. Read more...
16 avril 2016
Accreditation of joint programmes: headaches no more?
By . Complex and fragmented procedures, contradictory requirements – external quality assurance of joint programmes might sound like a bureaucratic nightmare. Since last year, there's been light at the end of the tunnel: European ministers of higher education agreed on a coherent, European approach for quality assuring joint programmes. More...
4 avril 2016
Cabinet approves university accreditation council law
The Bangladesh government last week approved in principle the draft of ‘The Accreditation Council Law, 2016’, with a view to ensuring standards of higher education in the country, reports The Daily Star. Read more...
2 avril 2016
Community colleges look to transition away from state accrediting agency
By Harold Pierce. The move signals a dramatic shift from the state’s standing accreditation agency, which has come under fire for wielding vast power with limited oversight. More...
27 mars 2016
California Community College Leaders Vote to Oust Accreditor
The majority of community college presidents in California voted yesterday to pull the colleges away from the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, while also working to reform the agency. Read more...
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