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Education Department to use secret shoppers to catch colleges lying

Inside Higher Ed

Other efforts include revamping regulations for debt-relief programs, including borrower defense to repayment; re-establishing an enforcement office within the Office of Federal Student Aid; and issuing guidance on how the department will require private nonprofit and for-profit college executives to assume personal liability.

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5 Focus Areas for Campus Presidents Amidst Decreasing Trust

Campus Sonar

While not the only reason for this change, a lack of public trust in higher education is a big part of the challenge in advocating the value of an education to elected officials—only 51% of U.S. Your campus is seen as increasingly unaffordable to current and prospective students, threatening retention and recruitment.

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OPM and Third-Party Servicers Update; Your Turn to Inform the Department of Ed

WCET Frontiers

On the other hand, there was a strong contingent of consumer advocates and students that brought up the darker side of incentive compensation. They cited predatory practices in recruiting, practices that border on misrepresentation, and potential higher debt for students. There were some advocates of a middle ground.

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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.

It also developed a successful faculty fellows program in Kentucky to build faculty advocates for connecting to workforce needs. 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.