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Direct linkChildress, Cameron; Ward, James Dean; Pisacreta, Elizabeth Davidson; Chen, Sunny – ITHAKA S+R, 2022
The accreditation process and the federal role in shaping it are clearly of critical importance for ensuring all students have access to quality postsecondary options. And yet, due to the complexity of the relationship among the federal government, accreditors, and institutions, and the opacity of the accreditation process itself, there is little…
Descriptors: Government Role, Accreditation (Institutions), Access to Education, Educational Quality
Download full textUS Department of Education, 2018
The Higher Education Act of 1965 makes clear that, although the U.S. Department of Education (Department) has an important role to play in ensuring that all academically-ready students have the opportunity to attend the colleges of their choice, Congress has prohibited the Department from intervening in the curricular decisions of an institution…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Change, Accreditation (Institutions), Standards
