Reports on what supposedly educated Americans know—and more sensationally, don’t know—come along fairly regularly, each more depressing than the last. A survey of recent college graduates commissioned by the American Council of Trustees and...
Accrediting agencies should no longer serve as gatekeepers to federal financial aid, argues a new report by Hank Brown, a former president of the University of Colorado and Republican U.S. senator. The current accreditation...
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...
A new report from a former president of the University of Colorado has set the stage for a vigorous debate on the future of higher-education accreditation. That topic could be a central focus of...
A team of accreditors descended on Charlottesville last week, demanding transparency but offering little of its own. They came to the university Thomas Jefferson founded to monitor its compliance with regulations handed down by...
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...
Hundreds of colleges around the United States have signed on to a program that administers comprehensive tests—after students have completed their education. Called the Collegiate Learning Assessment Plus, or CLA Plus, the test is...
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