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Department of Education Announces Steps to Make Better FAFSA® More Readily Accessible

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Earlier this week, the Biden-Harris administration announced new steps that will make it easier for colleges and universities to process records and allow for more time being spent to help students. Institutions currently undergoing program reviews can also request extensions.

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Institutional Accreditation is in Dire Need of Change: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 144 With Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton And Guest Ralph Wolff

The Change Leader, Inc.

A traditional faculty senate model that is separate from and often antagonistic to the administration can be a barrier to change. Because institutions are so large, accreditation typically looks at processes, program reviews, assessments of student learning, shared governance, documents, policies, and how they’re implemented.

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Acting in the Best Interest of the Institution

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

President Welch emphasized that if you know you’re facing a hard choice, resolve to face it sooner rather than later: “We immediately went to our other six system campuses and said, ‘We're going to begin a very aggressive program review process.’ And I said, ‘No, no, no, no.