ACTA has repeatedly documented that the system of higher education accreditation is a barrier to innovation, improvement, and accountability at colleges and universities. On May 29, ACTA President Anne D. Neal demonstrated to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights that the inadequacy of accreditation is particularly harmful to socio-economically disadvantaged students. Joining Anne Neal on the panel were Neal McCluskey from the Cato Institute, Ronald Haskins from the Brookings Institution, and Michele Siqueiros representing the Campaign for College Opportunity. Click here to view video of the hearing.
ACTA President Anne D. Neal provided testimony to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions at their June 17 hearing on higher education accreditation, chaired by Senator Lamar Alexander. Her testimony emphasized the shocking failure of the current system of accreditation to ensure academic quality. She demonstrated the need for a new system—far […]
ACTA President Anne D. Neal delivered this statement before the National Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity prior to recusing herself from its June 2014 meeting.
ACTA president Anne Neal participates in “Keeping College Within Reach: Discussing Program Quality through Accreditation” in Washington DC, a public hearing before the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, part of the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
On June 13, 2013, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on Higher Education and the Workforce held a hearing focusing on accreditation. The hearing – “Keeping College Within Reach: Program Quality through Accreditation” – featured testimony from Elizabeth Sibolski, President of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, Michale McComis, Executive Director and Chief Executive […]
Recent discussion about higher education reform has centered on using output metrics to allocate federal dollars, but experts said the approach only scratches the surface. The real culprit, they said, is a flawed accreditation system. Lawmakers have proposed a number of ways to reform higher education. Most recently, President Obama unveiled a plan that would […]
As Congress embarks on its mission to reauthorize the law that governs the flow of federal financial aid dollars, some education experts say the government has been ineffective in ensuring the quality of the nation’s colleges and universities. In a paper released Monday, Hank Brown, a former U.S. congressman, senator and president of the University […]
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