Accreditation: Removing the Barrier to Higher Education Reform. Backgrounder. No. 2728. Executive Summary

Autor/inn/en	Burke, Lindsey M.; Butler, Stuart M.
Institution	Heritage Foundation
Titel	Accreditation: Removing the Barrier to Higher Education Reform. Backgrounder. No. 2728. Executive Summary
Quelle	(2012), (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Educational Practices; Student Loan Programs; Federal Aid; State Aid; College Graduates; Debt (Financial); Educational Innovation; Electronic Learning; Government School Relationship; Accreditation (Institutions); Educational Change; Courses; Skills; Evaluation; Cost Effectiveness; Competency Based Education; Barriers; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungspraxis; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Accreditation; Institution; Institutions; Akkreditierung; Staatliche Anerkennung; Institut; Bildungsreform; Kursangebot; Skill; Fertigkeit; Evaluierung; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Education; Competence; Competency; Competency-based education; Unterricht; Kompetenzorientierte Methode; USA
Abstract	America's higher education system is in dire need of reform. The average college student leaves school with more than $23,000 in debt, and total student loan debt in the United States now exceeds $1 trillion. Furthermore, too many students are leaving college without the skills needed to be successful in the workforce. And yet, despite the dire state of today's higher education system, there is hope on the horizon: By favoring knowledge and skill acquisition over seat time, online options and competency-based learning are disrupting the traditional higher education market and perhaps have laid the foundation for a revitalization of American education. Despite the promise presented by these innovations, however, the antiquated higher education accreditation process remains a considerable obstacle to reform. (Contains 64 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10