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Accreditation Fast Track?
Proposal circulating on Capitol Hill asks accreditors to create a way for new providers to gain approval more quickly.
Doctoring the Doctorate
Stanford pledges to pay for a master's in education for humanities Ph.D.s who want to become high school teachers.
Idea Whose Time Has Come?
Bill introduced Thursday would create a federal database to track students through college and into the work force, but it's unclear whether "unit record" idea will find more favor than it did seven years ago.
Public University Accountability 2.0
Reboot of Voluntary System of Accountability aims to give institutions more flexibility in reporting student learning -- but new options (including non-standardized one) may not have expanded enough to win many converts.
Faculty vs. Accreditor
With City College of San Francisco facing possible accreditor-mandated shutdown, faculty unions urge agency to back down, arguing that review was flawed and tainted by conflicts of interest.
Big Disruption, Big Questions
Possible end game for competency-based education emerges with five new "direct assessment" programs, as foundations and experts discuss how to ensure academic quality.
Accreditors Without Borders
U.S. accrediting agencies believe they have a role to play in facilitating mobility and improving the quality of overseas institutions, but will they find it difficult to uphold the integrity of their standards abroad?
Closing Doors No More
A scathing report from a regional accreditor's site team tanks tighter admission standards at Pima Community College and finds a "culture of fear."