Accreditation

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Accreditation

Someone Didn’t Get the Memo

December 19, 2007

As U.S. accreditation advisory panel — with Congress watching — seeks to show kinder, gentler side, some members take aggressive tack on regional agencies. …

Warning on Tuition, Shift on Accreditation

November 15, 2007

"If the Higher Education Act bill that House Democrats introduced late last week did not persuade college leaders that the issue of college prices is and will remain front and center on …

Academic Analytics

October 15, 2007

The importance of student success (commonly measured as degree completion) continues to rise, as does the demand for institutional accountability. Academic analytics can help institutions address…

Institutional Research and IT: Bringing Data, Information, and Insights to the Accreditation Process

October 9, 2007

This ECAR research bulletin describes the results of recent organizational changes and work at Colorado College that are aimed at improving collaboration between IT, institutional research, and o…

New Legal Challenge for Accreditation

October 5, 2007

For regional accreditors, the home field advantage may be in danger of disappearing. A preliminary ruling by a federal judge has found that California may not favor the Western Association of Sch…

Senate Higher Ed Bill Emerges (Slowly)

June 19, 2007

"The panel that advises the secretary of education on accreditation issues has grown increasingly controversial in recent months, as many college and accrediting officials have accused the E…

Senate and Spellings: Showdown Looms

June 18, 2007

"The plan for months has been for the U.S. Education Department to propose changes in federal regulations governing the higher education accreditation system by July, with the goal of having…

Lack of Consensus on Lack of Consensus

June 7, 2007

Recent meetings on federal rules governing accreditation ended with panelists not even agreeing to disagree. Recent meetings on federal rules gov…

Using the Portal as an Institutional Portfolio

January 1, 2004

The College of New Jersey sought to leverage technology to integrate our campus-wide planning process with our accreditation process. Traditionally, the accreditation process has required that in…

E-Learning at a Crossroads—What Price Quality?

January 1, 2007

E-Learning at a Crossroads—What Price Quality? For distance learning to flourish, higher education must address several challenges, including volume versus quality By Stephen R. Ruth ,…