Washington, DC — The Council of Recognized Accrediting Commissions (C-RAC) submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Education in response to its proposed interpretive rule addressing the use of the terms “national” and “regional” by federally recognized accrediting agencies. C-RAC expressed support for the Department’s efforts to ensure that outdated references to “regional accreditation” are removed from federal, state and institutional communications and policies. C-RAC
Washington, DC – Earlier this month, the Council of Recognized Accrediting Commissions (C-RAC) nominated Dr. Heather F. Perfetti, President of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) and Chair of C-RAC, to serve on the U.S. Department of Education’s Accreditation, Innovation, and Modernization (AIM) negotiated rulemaking committee representing institutional accreditors recognized by the Secretary of Education. Today, C-RAC is pleased to announce their nomi
The WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC) today announced that its public-facing Key Indicators Dashboard (KID) now organizes program-level return on investment data by field of study, allowing institutions, students, policymakers, and other stakeholders to compare outcomes for specific disciplines across institutions and against national benchmarks. “As demand grows for clearer, program-level insight into postsecondary outcomes, organizing data by field of s
DECATUR, GA – The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) has been awarded a $239,120 grant from the Lumina Foundation to support a multi-year initiative focused on strengthening the alignment between higher education programs and regional workforce needs across the accreditor’s membership. The grant will support the development of a data-driven framework to help SACSCOC’s more than 780 member institutions better assess workforce prioriti
