Assessing All of Us
August 22, 2011 ~ The Chronicle of Higher Education ~ Frank Donoghue
I want to thank many of the commenters on my last post for steering the conversation toward the subject of assessment.
Many of the comments echoed one another, and they need to be taken seriously. I had pounced on Daymar College, and the serious allegations currently being made by Kentucky’s Attorney General about that chain of private for-profit colleges. Full article.
- 05.29.2012 - 05.29.2012 APSCU Regional Conversation South
- 05.30.2012 - 05.30.2012 APSCU Regional Conversation West
- 06.05.2012 - 06.05.2012 ACICS Accreditation Workshop
- 06.18.2012 - 06.18.2012 ABHES Accreditation Workshop
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- 06.20.2012 - 06.22.2012 APSCU 2012 Annual Convention
| 2012 NACCAS Accreditation Handbook Available |
January 14, 2012 ~ NACCAS NACCAS has published their 2012 Edition of their Accreditation Handbook - dated January 1, 2012. As of that same date, they updated their Standards and Policies as well as their Rules of Practice and Procedure. Click here to download a pdf copy of each document. They can be found on the left side of their page under "Member Resources." |
| 2012 ABHES Accreditation Handbook Available |
January 14, 2012 ~ ABHES ABHES has published their 17th Edition of their Accreditation Handbook - dated January 1, 2012. Click here to download a copy. |
| 2012 DETC Accreditation Handbook Available |
January 14, 2012 ~ DETC DETC has published their 19th Edition of their Accreditation Handbook - dated January 4, 2012. Click here to download a copy and a pdf of the changes that were made for this years publication. |
| What's the Real Impact of the President's Student Loan Plan? |
October 27, 2011 ~ Education and Labor Committee ~ RSS Article White House officials announced a new plan they claim will significantly lower student loan payments. In a speech yesterday at the University of Colorado, President Obama told students, “Americans could see their payments go down by hundreds of dollars a month.” Sounds great – but like most things with this administration, the facts reveal that the average student loan holder is unlikely to see any real impact from this plan. |
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| Obama's Student-Loan Plan Scores Political Points but Offers Limited Relief |
October 26, 2011 ~ The Chronicle of Higer Education ~ Kelly Field With the nation's student-loan debt approaching $1-trillion, and default rates at their highest level in a decade, President Obama is taking modest steps to ease students' debt burdens. |
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