Part two of Higher Ed Now’s episodes on accreditation features highlights from questions by Senator Al Franken and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse posed to ACTA President Anne Neal during her testimony to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. To view the entire hearing, visit the U.S. Senate website here.
Gwenda Kaczor for The Chronicle Overhauling higher-education accreditation could be on the agenda for conservative lawmakers and policy mavens now that Donald J. Trump has been re-elected president.
Tremors from the election continue to ripple across the country, and the meltdown among the Democrats rages on. What is undeniable is that there is a real opportunity to make some much-needed reforms now.
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