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ACTA in the News
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
April 13, 2012
In Accreditation Proposals, Panel Pleases Neither Reformers Nor Status Quo Advocates
by Eric Kelderman
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Daily Tar Heel
March 28, 2012
UNC-system schools emphasize efficiency in spending
by Daniel Wiser
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Minding the Campus
March 16, 2012
by KC Johnson
Events
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Monday, June 25, 2012
NACIQI NACIQI
Four NACIQI members support Neal-Rothkopf alternate report on accreditation
In a meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, NACIQI members Anne Neal and Arthur Rothkopf proposed an alternative proposal to the draft final report recommending the delinking of accreditors from their role as gatekeepers of federal dollars. Four out of the 11 members participating supported the alternative proposal including Neal, Rothkopf, Chancellor Emeritus of the University of California-Davis Larry Vanderhoef and Vice Chancellor of Economic and Workforce Development at Alamo Colleges Federico Zaragoza.
Andrew Gillen signs on as ACTA Senior Researcher
President Anne D. Neal announced today the hiring of Andrew Gillen as Senior Researcher. With a particular focus on accreditation, Andrew comes to ACTA from the Center for College Affordability and Productivity where he was Research Director. Gillen received a BBA from Ohio University and a Ph.D. in economics from Florida State University, and is the author of numerous papers and publications. CCAP director and ACTA friend Richard Vedder has credited Andrew with identifying "what is a commonplace expression: the higher education bubble."
ACTA on rising tuition in North Carolina: "Enough is enough"
Among student protests at multiple campuses of the University of North Carolina, ACTA recently wrote to members of the system's Board of Governors, imploring them to resist calls from school chancellors to approve tuition increases in excess of the 6.5 percent cap previously set by the board. The key driver of the rising costs of higher education is institutional spending, not a lack of state support. The letter addresses UNC President Tom Ross's proposal that would increase tuition and fees next year by an average of 9 percent system-wide, noting: "[T]he state has a history of generously supporting its universities: it seems hard to argue that now the universities must immediately offset state reductions with substantial increases in tuition and fees." The Board of Governors is expected to vote on the proposal on February 10.
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A Profile in Cowardice
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A Guide to What Boards of Trustees Can Do
Higher education is in the midst of a deep financial crisis, and the failure of governing boards to focus on academic programs is arguably the single greatest cause of overspending.
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What Trustees Should Know
Get the facts about what's going on at campuses across the country and how universities' failure to emphasize their academic mission has created a vacuum that is filled by substance abuse.
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A State Report Card on Public Higher Education in Virginia
ACTA releases the ninth in its series of state reports--this one on the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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A Survey of Core Requirements at Out Nation's Colleges and Universities
ACTA has expanded its groundbreaking analysis of college curricula, What Will They Learn?, in response to the single most common demand: review more schools! The 2011 expansion to over 1,000 schools demonstrates that although some American colleges ensure their graduates have a strong general education, many American colleges have dumbed down their requirements.