Learning & Assessment

Spat between Ellis U. and regional accreditor highlights challenges for institutions and regulators alike as higher ed business partnerships grow in scope and complexity.

Higher ed associations create panel to study and suggest changes to quality assurance system -- not least to ward off government action.

A regional accreditor pushes the boundaries of how to assess its colleges and universities -- including a focus on how they measure student learning.

Community colleges piloting Voluntary Framework of Accountability say they see value in project but complain of difficulty collecting data.

At Forum on Education Abroad conference, practitioners describe a wide array of tools and research projects under way to better gauge academic gains in overseas learning.

Ask many a college president about assessment of student learning at his or her institution, and the first thing you...

AFT urges professors to join "student success" discussions locally and nationally -- while trying to reframe debate.

Sloan Consortium develops standardized metrics for assessing quality of online programs.