First-of-its-kind Summit convened leaders in postsecondary education, business, and philanthropy to discuss core challenges facing the nation’s higher education system WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Council of Recognized Accrediting Commissions (C-RAC), a collaborative of the nation’s six largest federally recognized institutional accreditors, recently convened a National Data Summit to explore opportunities to improve existing data frameworks to better promote transparency and outco
DECATUR, Ga. – Students transferring to other colleges often lose a large portion of the credits they have already earned, which increases the time and cost needed to finish a degree. Today, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) announced a new initiative aimed at addressing this issue. The SACSCOC Transfer Credit Consortium is a voluntary, faculty-led partnership that unites colleges and universities to create common transfer pathw
The New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE), an institutional accreditor serving colleges and universities in the United States and internationally, today announced the release of the Workforce Development & Non-Credit Playbook: Strategies for High-Quality Programming. Developed for both higher education institutions and third-party providers with support from the Lumina Foundation, the Playbook represents the culmination of several years of research and institutio
The Council of Recognized Accrediting Commissions (C-RAC) reiterates it serves as a voluntary organization with a long history of being a leading voice for accreditation at the national level. For over the last half a decade, each C-RAC member has served as an institutional accreditor, and since July 1, 2020, C-RAC members have taken advantage of opportunities to expand beyond traditional regional boundaries serving students and institutions across the country.
