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Education Department Names 5 New Accreditation Advisers

The new members of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity include some outspoken conservative voices.

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Opinion

It’s Time to Break Up the Programmatic Accrediting Agency Monopolies

The current model has fueled credential inflation in the health sciences.

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Opinion

Why Public Universities Need Their Own Accreditor

State-supported institutions stand to benefit from a streamlined approach to accreditation that aligns with their public mission and obligations.

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10 Institutions Seek Recognition by New Accreditor

The Commission for Public Higher Education has received letters of intent from colleges in four Southern states as it works toward federal approval and rebuts allegations of partisanship.

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NACIQI Meeting Delayed for a Second Time

In an email to committee members Tuesday, department officials said the meeting will now take place in December.

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Texas Supreme Court Weighs Changes to Law School Oversight

The Texas Supreme Court has issued a tentative opinion that the American Bar Association “should no longer have the final...
Headshot of Stephen L. Pruitt, president, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, next to images of several different college campuses.

SACS’s New Head Shares His Vision for the Accreditor

New SACSCOC president Stephen Pruitt stepped into the job at a time when accreditors are under fire. He has pledged “fierce nonpartisanship” and respect for states’ rights.

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Opinion

From Data to Action

Accreditors have a role to play in helping colleges make better use of the data they collect, Maria Toyoda writes.