2024 CHEA/CIQG Annual Conference “Quality Assurance Matters”

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2024 CHEA/CIQG Annual Conference “Quality Assurance Matters” (BCC Insider, February 5, 2024) The 2024 Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA/CHEA International Quality Group (CIQG) Annual Conference reached a global audience with meaningful discussions focused on the important higher education accreditation, quality assurance issues, and timely topics that make a difference in teaching and learning around the world.

Aspiring New Accreditor Focuses on Student Outcomes (Inside Higher Ed, February 5, 2024) The accrediting agencies tasked with evaluating U.S. colleges and universities typically focus on metrics related to academics, operations, and fiscal health. But first, it must become a recognized accrediting body. Postsecondary Commission aims to offer a new model of evaluating institutions.

House Committee Advances Plan to Overhaul Higher Ed  (Inside Higher Ed, February 1, 2024) The 223-page College Cost Reduction Act passed on a party-line vote after a more than four-hour markup. One provision would bar accrediting agencies from creating standards based on any “ideology, belief, or viewpoint.”

Three State Policy Trends That Will Shape Higher Ed in 2024 (Higher Ed Dive, January 30, 2024) This year, colleges can expect a flurry of state bills and executive orders that will address these topics and potentially reshape how the sector does business. Many policies leave wiggle room for DEI required by federal law or accreditation standards.