"It wastes massive amounts of time and accomplishes almost nothing to guarantee students a good education. We need to scrap it and start over. Instead of multiyear cycles, we should review schools every five years, in a process that takes no more than six months. It should focus on just three things: student outcomes, responsible financial management and academic freedom."
"There is so much truth in this reaction. The venerable Higher Education Act of 1965 no long meets our national needs. We need to start a rational discussion about reform of the higher education regulatory landscape. We need a smaller number of higher-performing universities, we need to eliminate institutions with poor outcomes that provide limited or no real return on investment, we need to provide truly affordable undergraduate programs in every state,"
The accreditation system wastes massive time and fails to guarantee student learning. Accreditation should be rebuilt with five-year reviews completed within six months, focused only on student outcomes, responsible financial management, and academic freedom. Institutions failing clear, objective standards should face probation and decertification. The national higher education landscape lacks coherent systemic regulation and contains inconsistent and predatory institutions. The Higher Education Act of 1965 no longer meets national needs. Policy reforms should aim for fewer higher-performing universities, elimination of low-value institutions, affordable undergraduate programs in every state, reduced compliance costs, and limits on student debt.
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