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Tugged in Two Directions
Competency-based education is hot, which keeps accreditors busy trying to ensure quality control without stifling innovation.
Job Skills Expectations Unmet
In a recent survey, college presidents report their interest in giving students an education that leads to a job, but many admit their institutions are not yet very effective at doing so.
Profit and Social Responsibility
New effort aims to create voluntary standards and a seal of approval aimed at for-profit colleges, this time by an outside group that works with a wide swath of the corporate world.
New Presidents or Provosts: Austin Peay State U., Culver-Stockton College, Donnelly College, Lamar State College-Port Arthur, Southside Virginia CC, Southwestern Adventist U., U. of Central Florida, U. of Wisconsin-Stout
Robert M. Meyer, president of Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College, has been named chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Stout. Betty Reynard...
$10 Million Gamble
Buying a new campus sends Burlington College deep into debt. Can it survive?
New Presidents or Provosts: Brown U., Carroll CC, Lehigh Carbon CC, Northern Illinois U., Salus U., Texas Tech U., U. of Scranton, Vanguard U.
James Ball, vice president of academic and student affairs and dean of the faculty at Carroll Community College, in Maryland...
Call for Trustee Activism
Panel urges boards to become more involved in everything from presidential searches to the curriculum.
Preventing Another Corinthian
The messy failure of Corinthian Colleges raises questions about limitations of the Education Department's oversight of for-profit chains, and how it might tighten as other companies teeter.