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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.

The Chamber of Commerce is working on creating an alternative model to get employers to sidestep higher education. Accreditors are not held accountable for internal effectiveness because the Higher Education Act doesn’t fully allow the Department of Education to make any substantial judgments on the efficacy of accreditors.

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Education Department to use secret shoppers to catch colleges lying

Inside Higher Ed

Other tools include audits, investigations and program reviews. ” Kaufman said the addition of secret shoppers in one piece in a broader effort by the department to protect students from bad actors in postsecondary education. The Office of Federal Student Aid has not used secret shoppers before.