By Paul Fain. Education Department staff proposes termination for ACICS, threatening access to federal aid for the 243 institutions -- many of them for-profit -- the national accreditor oversees. Read more...
26 juin 2016
26 juin 2016
Scorecard for Accreditors
By Paul Fain. The Education Department has created new data reports on the performance of accrediting agencies, using measures such as graduation and loan repayment rates at colleges the agencies oversee. Read more...
26 juin 2016
Report Finds Uneven Sanctioning by Accreditors
By Paul Fain. An analysis of key actions 10 institutional accrediting agencies took over five years found a "highly uneven and inconsistent system of sanctions." The report from the Center for American Progress. Read more...
26 juin 2016
Papers on New Approaches to Higher Ed Financing
By Paul Fain. The University of Virginia's Miller Center and the National Commission on Financing 21st Century Higher Education this week released four new white papers that describe higher education's fiscal challenges and provide initial solutions. Read more...
26 juin 2016
Public University Group Backs Risk-Based Accreditation
By Paul Fain. The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities on Wednesday said it backed an approach to the accreditation process where the agencies focus more time and energy on colleges that have problems than on those that don't. Read more...
26 juin 2016
Accreditor on Life Support
By Paul Fain. Federal panel recommends termination for ACICS, an accreditor of several notorious for-profits, while also tightening the screws on the American Bar Association and other agencies. Read more...
26 juin 2016
New Countries Added to Rhodes Scholarship Program
By Scott Jaschik. The Rhodes Trust has announced an expansion of the Rhodes Scholarships to students from more countries. Scholarships will be added for students from Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia, the Palestinian Territories, Syria and West Africa. Read more...
26 juin 2016
Clinton Endorses Limits on Out-of-State Enrollments
By Scott Jaschik. Hillary Clinton on Thursday endorsed legislation in California that would limit the share of non-Californians enrolled at University of California campuses to 10 percent, CNN reported. Read more...
26 juin 2016
The Disappearing Humanities Jobs
By Scott Jaschik. The arrival of annual reports on the job market in various humanities fields this year left many graduate students depressed about their prospects and professors worried about the futures of their disciplines. English and foreign language openings were down 3 percent and 7.6 percent, respectively. History jobs fell 8 percent. Read more...
26 juin 2016
Atlantic Philanthropies' Big Grants on Inequality
By Scott Jaschik. The Atlantic Philanthropies on Tuesday announced major grants to promote work on inequality. The fund will provide $91 million to the London School of Economics and Political Science. Read more...
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