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Laureate Looks Forward

Laureate Education's CEO, Douglas Becker, talks about how the huge for-profit higher-ed company works across 30 countries, where it has hit snags, and what comes next.

Accreditor for Upstarts

Two groups want to create new bodies that would review the academic quality of individual online courses or non-college providers.

Competency and Affordability

Southern New Hampshire University's College for America rolls out competency-based bachelor's degrees students can earn for $10,000 or less.

Duncan in the Hot Seat

Arne Duncan goes to Capitol Hill and gets an earful from House Republicans on gainful employment, the college ratings system and state authorization.

Watch and Learn

Incoming students in competency-based programs at Lipscomb University spend a long day trying to prove their baseline skills and behavior, with 30 college credits on the line.

Competencies Come to Campus

Lipscomb University shows what competency-based education can look like in its blended form, both in-person and at a liberal arts college.

Getting Their Act(ion)s Together

In effort to ward off mounting criticism of accreditation, the seven regional agencies collaborate to align their punishments and how they impose them.
Opinion

Box Scores and College Ratings

In an open letter to Arne Duncan, Thomas Foley compares how success is defined in the education secretary's beloved sport to methods of measuring higher ed performance.