Learning & Assessment

State universities unveil template and announce first participants in effort to inform and assure public and policy makers; University of California opts out.

A quarter of invited colleges -- including a few with below average results -- let USA Today publish their "student engagement" results in a national database. Where were the others?

On anniversary of Spellings Commission report, efforts to provide more information to prospective students proliferate.

State and private college groups unveil plans for public release of data on tuition, graduation and -- in some cases -- student learning.

Study calls Spellings Commission recommendation "misleading" because of wide differences in outcomes by academic discipline.

Research university group plans voluntary accountability system, but Spellings panel chairman knocks pace of reporting.

Education Dept. offers compromise on measuring learning outcomes, but colleges say plan would still "federalize" accreditation.

Here's why the work of a U.S. panel reviewing federal rules on accreditation matters.