How the Trump Administration Is Undoing College Accreditation

Autor/in	Flores, Antoinette
Institution	Center for American Progress
Titel	How the Trump Administration Is Undoing College Accreditation
Quelle	(2019), (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Politics of Education; Higher Education; Federal Regulation; Accreditation (Institutions); Educational Quality; School Closing; Federal Government; Government Role; Taxes; Standards + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bundeskompetenz; Accreditation; Institution; Institutions; Akkreditierung; Staatliche Anerkennung; Institut; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; School closings; Schule; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); Bundesregierung; Abgabe; Standard
Abstract	On April 3, 2019, the U.S. Department of Education completed the first part of its months-long effort to deregulate higher education in the name of "innovation." The process was as wonky, arcane, and convoluted as anything in the halls of the federal government. But the result set in motion would be a momentous change for taxpayers and college students: the unraveling of federal oversight of college quality. The Education Department and a group of stakeholders reached an agreement on the new set of rules, which would rewrite how the department oversees college accreditation agencies and how these organizations are supposed to ensure college quality. The agreed-upon language still needs to be published for public comment, but--if finalized--the Trump administration will have accomplished the largest unraveling in history of rules that guide accreditation, weakening the ability of accreditors to serve as watchdogs over colleges and removing mechanisms to hold accreditors responsible for their oversight. If the past serves as a predictor, the revised rules will mean that millions more students will enroll in low-quality colleges that fail to leave them with a quality education, and taxpayers will foot much of the bill by covering federal loans that students will be unable to pay. Although news coverage emphasized that the Education Department abandoned a few of its most incendiary proposals, negotiators reached consensus partly because the Department filled the negotiating table primarily with representatives of accrediting agencies, trade groups, and the colleges they represent. The final agreement contains regulations that benefit colleges and accreditors rather than the students and borrowers served. This issue brief looks at seven of the most troubling changes that emerged in the proposal. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01