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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Report on Privacy and Security of State Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDSs)

May 23, 2011

As EDUCAUSE reported in April , the U.S. Department of Education (ED) posted a notice of proposed rule-making (NPRM) that would revise regulations under the Family Educational Rights and Priva…

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…

Robin Bartoletti

Director, Learning Communities

Academic Partnerships

Dallas, Texas

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