Accountability

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Accountability

The Student Unit Record System Returns?

May 13, 2013

As reported today in Inside Higher Ed , the Wyden-Rubio, and now Warner (D-VA), "Student Right to Know Before You Go Act" has shifted from its early stage concept of knitting…

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  …

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…

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…

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…

SLDS Privacy/Security Resources - Privacy Technical Assistance Center

May 17, 2012

As states expand efforts to link K-12, postsecondary, and workforce data via state longitudinal data systems (SLDSs), it is important to understand the privacy and security challenges surrounding…

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…

Sen. Bill Would Make State Data Systems, Not IPEDs, Focus of Student Data Reporting

February 24, 2012

Earlier this month, U. S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced the “Student Right to Know Before You Go” Act (Senate Bill 2098) , which proposes to give students, their families, and th…

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…