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International QA in the News: Quality Assurance and Combating Academic Corruption
Featured: Combating Academic Corruption: Quality Assurance and Accreditation-UGC Bars BDU From Conducting Distance Education Programmes-Pakistan Quality Enhancement System Highlighted at Turkey Conference-Varsities Should Stick to Rulebook-Qatar-Oman Pact for Better Cooperation in Education, Tech
House HEA Reauthorization Bill
Featured: House Leaders to Count Votes on GOP Higher Ed Overhaul-Betsy DeVos Reinstated Accreditor Over Staff Objections-Arizona Summit Loses Accreditation Approval, Which May Be a First For an Operating Law School-Faculty Backlash Over Conn.'s Troubled Consolidation Plan-Needed: Drastic Reform (Elimination?) of Accreditation
USDE Secretary of Education briefs House Education Committee on USDE policies and priorities
In this issue: USDE Secretary of Education Briefs House Education Committee on USDE Policies and Priorities - National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity Holds Spring 2018 Meeting - Senators Request that Government Accountability Office Examine Issue of For-Profit to Non-Profit Conversions - U.S. Department of Education Proposes Delay of State Authorization Regulations, Establishes Public Comment Period - In Brief – People in Washington
Languages and Accreditation
Featured: Latvian Education Ministry Proposes That Private Universities and Colleges Should Not Be Permitted to Teach in Russian-Jobs Top Priority as UGC Sets Target 2022 for All Institutes-Nepal’s Education Needs Major Policy Reforms-Easy Access to Distance Learning in the North-Roadmap to Address Poor Quality at Universities-Global Quality Control for English Learner Programs
Promoting Excellence in Higher Education
Promoting Excellence--The Oman Association for Quality in Higher Education Holds Workshop - Quality Assurance--Guidelines for the 'Quiet Revolution' - This School Needs 10,000 Books to Get NUC Accreditation - Essay Cheating: How Common is it? - BAC Updates Accreditation for Independent HE
Accreditation and Community College Trustees
Accreditation and Community College Trustees - Webinar on Accreditation and Community College Trustees - Budget Negotiators Reject Cuts to Education - Accreditors Must Stop Letting Failing Colleges Off the Hook - Michigan Senators Urge DeVos to Reject For-Profit College Accreditor - Accrediting Agency Addresses Hiring of New CFCC President - How For-Profits’ Conversion to Nonprofits Will Up-Ed Higher Education
Accreditation and Community College Trustees
By CHEA President Judith Eaton; Published by the Association of Community Colleges (May 2018)
Academic Corruption in UK
Cheating at UK’s Top Universities Soars by 40% - World Bank Pledges $90 Million for Cambodia Education - ‘Time Up,’ NQA Warns Bogus Colleges - BAC Launches Updated Independent Higher Education Scheme - Croatia to Stop Recognising University Diplomas from Bosnia and Serbia? - Regional Dons Meet to Discuss Quality of University Lecturers - How Internal Quality Assurance Can Drive Success
Quality Assurance of HE Systems
Gambia to Entrench Quality Assurance of Higher Education System - World Bank Invests in Vocational Education in 3 Countries - Education Sector Reforms: Better Late Than Never - Education Sector Reforms: Better Late Than Never - Ghana: Review Accreditation Processes, Assessments of Tertiary Institutions - Principal, MUCG - HEC and British Council to Work Together in Enhancing Strategic Collaboration
Intergovernmental Involvement in Higher Education
In This Issue: Rise in Intergovernmental Involvement in HE - New UGC Rules Permit Third-Party Agencies to Accredit Higher Education Institutes - DHET Embarks on a Countrywide Private Colleges Inspection to Enforce Compliance - Quality Assurance Mechanism of HEC - Divide Between Onshore and Offshore Campuses Blurring - HEAC Cancels Jordan Classification of Universities - Oman Gives Top Priority to Academic Institutions
House Committee on Education and the Workforce marks up Higher Education Act reauthorization bill
In This Issue: PROSPER Act Markup - CHEA Holds All-Accreditor Meeting on PROSPER Act - Newly Elected Senators Seated on HELP Committee - February 2018 National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity Meeting - Senate Democrats Request NACIQI Review of Institutional Conversions - Additional 18 Months Requested for Schools Seeking New Accreditation - In Case You Missed It: Bills Affecting Accreditation Introduced in Senate
HEA Reauthorization Recommendations
In This Issue: How to Reinvigorate Higher Education for the 21st Century: 13 Recommendations for Reauthorizing the Higher Education Act - Calls for Tougher Oversight of For-Profit Law School - Can These New Colleges Help Solve Higher Education’s Equity Problem? - Accreditor Apologizes for Suggestion That UNC Might Be Investigated Again - Cooley Law School Ask for Temporary Restraining Order to Block Accreditor Release of Accreditation Letter
Quality Assurance and Academic Corruption
In This Issue: What Are QA Bodies Doing to Tackle Academic Corruption? - Universities Urged to Block Essay-Mill Sites in Plagiarism Crackdown - Consultation on the Review of the UK Quality Code for Higher Education - Rwanda and Mauritius Sign Agreement on Higher Education - Higher Education in Jordan: History, Present Status and Future - Higher Education in Jordan: History, Present Status and Future - Optimising the Contribution of HE in the SADC Region
U.S. Department of Education holds public hearings on regulatory rollback, CHEA provides comments on USDE regulatory reform agenda
In This Issue: USDE Holds Public Hearing on Regulatory Rollback - CHEA Provides Comments to USDE on Regulatory Reform Agenda - Innovation in Accreditation Act - Introduced in U.S. House of Representatives - New Meeting Date for NACIQI - Mitchell Zais Nominated as Deputy Secretary of Education - Bill May Provide ACICS-Accredited Institutions Additional Time to Seek New Accreditation - ACICS Applies for USDE Recognition
Why Accreditors Can’t and Shouldn’t Adopt the Consumer Reports Methodology
By Diane Auer Jones, Senior Fellow at Urban Institute and former Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education at the U.S. Department of Education.
International QA in the News: Quality Assurance and Combating Academic Corruption
House HEA Reauthorization Bill
USDE Secretary of Education briefs House Education Committee on USDE policies and priorities
Languages and Accreditation
Promoting Excellence in Higher Education
Accreditation and Community College Trustees
Accreditation and Community College Trustees
Academic Corruption in UK
Quality Assurance of HE Systems
Intergovernmental Involvement in Higher Education
House Committee on Education and the Workforce marks up Higher Education Act reauthorization bill
HEA Reauthorization Recommendations
Quality Assurance and Academic Corruption
U.S. Department of Education holds public hearings on regulatory rollback, CHEA provides comments on USDE regulatory reform agenda
Why Accreditors Can’t and Shouldn’t Adopt the Consumer Reports Methodology
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