Filter & Sort
Thunderbird Deal Hits a Snag
The Higher Learning Commission rejects Laureate Education's bid to add the Thunderbird School of Global Management to its network of institutions.
The Sky Isn't Falling
Rhetoric about ed tech at SXSWedu and ACE meetings is more sober than soaring, as academics and experts talk about how to use emerging models.
One Dupont & Unit Records
A think tank report calls out the private college lobby for opposing a national database on students, which proponents say would bring much-needed accountability to higher education.
Taking the Direct Path
Competency-based education is gaining steam, but questions remain about which forms the U.S. Department of Education will back.
Tough Love for Accreditation
The accreditation process needs to change, an expert writes in a new book, but accreditors are making more progress than their critics charge.
Opinion
Accreditation and Autonomy
Our imperfect system of quality assurance is what gives American higher education a degree of independence from the government interference we see elsewhere in the world, writes Alexander Astin.
An Innovation Stifler?
An accrediting agency just approved a free, online university with a largely volunteer faculty. Is accreditation really the squelcher of experimentation it is made out to be?
Call to Action on Accreditation
Accreditors gather in Washington to discuss the future of accreditation in the face of significant headwinds of reform on Capitol Hill.