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Accreditation

A student smiles while wearing cap and gown at Western Carolina University
Mar 27, 2023
An emerging accreditor aims to set standards for evaluating the growing number of programs for students long underserved in higher education.

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March 27, 2023
An emerging accreditor aims to set standards for evaluating the growing number of programs for students long underserved in higher education.
March 15, 2023
This free, nonprofit, online university breaks rules, harnesses bots and seeks to serve the world. But its effort to seek new accreditation raises thorny higher ed innovation questions.
February 27, 2023
If you want a higher ed reboot, you’re going to need the accreditors, Lawrence Schall writes.
February 24, 2023
A new report alleges that “higher education accreditors don’t want to hear your complaints.” That's not true, the accreditors say.
February 22, 2023
Leaders of West Virginia’s Bluefield State University ended the Faculty Senate, among other changes that drew faculty criticism. Now, the university president has written a blog post mulling firing certain dissenters.
February 13, 2023
In the face of unprecedented political interference, Florida’s public universities have no right to be accredited, Brian Rosenberg writes.
January 25, 2023
The accrediting agencies’ collective failure to hold low-performing colleges accountable against objective standards harms students and taxpayers, Jay Urwitz writes.
January 6, 2023
The Education Department’s docket for this year includes amending regulations on accreditation, state authorization, distance education, cash management and third-party servicers. Plus, the agency plans new Title IX and gainful-employment regulations this spring.
December 19, 2022
The shift away from the Higher Learning Commission is possible because the WASC Senior College and University Commission has broadened its scope to include institutions wherever they reside.
December 14, 2022
Education officials in Florida have been meeting with agencies as they seek a new accreditor for state colleges and universities. A lengthy and expensive process awaits.

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