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ACE Concerned by Wyden-Rubio "Student Right to Know Before You Go Act"

March 7, 2013

Roughly a year ago, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced Senate Bill 2098, "The Student Right to Know Before You Go Act," which quickly gained Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) as a co-sponso…

App Predicts Student GPA, Course Grades Before Semester Starts

March 16, 2012

Demonstrating the potential of analytics to inform student management of their academic careers, the provost at Austin Peay State University has developed an application, Degree Compass , tha…

Common Education Data Standards, Version 2 (CEDS 2) Released

February 6, 2012

Last week, the State Higher Education Executives Officers (SHEEO) association announced the release of Common Education Data Standards, Version 2 (CEDS 2) in conjunction with the National Cen…

Developments to Watch: Common Education Data Standards (CEDS)

May 19, 2011

Over the last few years, the federal government has invested over a half-billion dollars in the development of statewide longitudinal data systems (SLDSs). (To learn more, see the National Center…

DQC National Data Summit 2012

January 20, 2012

On Wednesday, the Data Quality Campaign (DQC), a collaborative program to advance the use of data to improve educational outcomes that is supported by over 50 organizations nationwide, hoste…

Fed. Regs. on Student Identity Verification, State Authorization of Distance Ed. Back on the Radar

April 16, 2013

As reported in today's  Inside Higher Ed , the U.S. Department of Education (ED) has announced its intent to modify the rule-making effort  it originally proposed last year  …

Free Digital Textbooks, More For-Profit Accountability Coming to California

September 28, 2012

As reported by Inside Higher Ed , new laws enacted in California will have significant impacts on higher education in the state. The Los Angeles Times reports that two companion pi…

Latest Version of CEDS Now Available for Comment

September 5, 2012

Our friends at the Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council (PESC) sent us the following information about the status of the Common Education Data Standards (CEDS) process; note the September 2…

New FERPA Rules Promote Education Reform and Enable Increased Accountability and Transparency

December 14, 2011

The Revised Regulations for the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) were announced on December 2, 2011.  According to the U.S. Department of Education, the changes in the rule…

Provide Input on Proposed Federal "College Scorecard"

February 6, 2012

In the “ Blueprint for College Affordability ” released with the 2012 State of the Union address, the Obama Administration proposed establishing “a College Scorecard for all degree-gr…