Accountability

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Accountability

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  …

On "Trak": First Steps in Learning Analytics

July 18, 2012

Susan Tull is a Flexible Learning Advisor at the University of Canterbury. Key Takeaways A current focus at the University of Canterbury is to develop a cultu…

What Might the For-Profit Sector's Problems Mean for All of Higher Ed?

August 3, 2012

Earlier this week, the chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senator Tom Harkin, held a press conference to announce the release of the committee’s report…

That Was The Year That Was, 2011

January 9, 2012

So, what did  the EDUCAUSE Policy group in Washington do in 2011? In general, we did what we've always done: worked closely with our campus constituents to understand and provide assistance…

What Do We Know About the Quality of Higher Learning in the United States?

October 4, 2010

In this session we’ll discuss what we know about the quality of higher learning in the United States. Specifically, we’ll explore the types of evidence of student learning that can be used to…

What A Report on Accreditation Means to Higher Ed IT

April 16, 2012

Outside of e-learning circles, accreditation is not an area that normally draws much attention from the higher education IT community. So, it would not be surprising if last week's meeting o…

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…

Signals: Applying Academic Analytics

March 3, 2010

Key Takeaways Applying the principles of business intelligence analytics to academia promises to improve student success, retention, and graduation rates and demonstrate institutional accou…

Community College Accountability

October 7, 2009

Years after assessment initiatives won favor at many four-year institutions, Gates and Lumina foundations fund effort to create universal system for two-year institutions to monitor and improve s…

Accountability in Higher Education

January 29, 2008 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2008

This session will focus on activities that began with the Spellings Commission and have continued with the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, as well as the responses by various publics a…