Are the Feds a Threat to Accreditors and Colleges? (Neal McCluskey) [VIDEO]
American higher education is being swept by two potentially irresistible waves of change. The first is intense scrutiny of academia's costs and benefits, driven by soaring prices, student debt, and the ensuing public anger. The second is the emergence of postsecondary models that threaten to replace traditional colleges and universities on a major scale. In this special forum, we'll look at the threats to accreditors — and through them, schools — stemming from federal reactions to public unhappiness, and at ways to foster quality in the many postsecondary options coming our way.
This is a tough subject for me as in higher education many in leadership care more about the campus facilities and enrollment rather than the quality of education. I believe the feds need to step in as it comes to tuition. So many students are paying 3 times for school than what their first years’ salary will be. I like that more schools are pushing student to pay something monthly while in school.
The traditional, non-traditional, for-profit, non-profit institutions are more competitive with each other more than ever and that might not be good for the students. In all I feel a few are making us all look bad. Of those that graduated this spring how many are employed, and employed full time or in their field.
Our President is working with state legislators to improve the ideaollogy of the for profit schools that have to meet certain accredidation standards.
Many schools have closed recently because of accredidation issues and not following standards. this is the most important issue besides retention for most schools.
