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Academic freedom policies should mean something (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The district court compared the actions in the state to events depicted in George Orwell’s novel 1984 , and rejected the Florida public higher education governing board’s “positively dystopian” argument that professors possessed academic freedom only as long as they expressed viewpoints approved by the state.

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Social Security Offsets and Defaulted Student Loans (CFPB)

Higher Education Inquirer

8 The Social Security Administration calls the program one of the most successful anti-poverty programs in our nation's history. million in 2006 to 8.8 Census Bureau Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), the Federal Reserve Board Boards Survey of Household Economics and Decision-making (SHED), U.S. million in 2019.

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Beyond ideological debates, a focus on process (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

From a macro perspective, higher education oversight operates as a three-legged stool held up by the states, the federal government and accrediting agencies, collectively known as the triad, all charged with protecting the interests of students, taxpayers and the public.

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Understanding the purpose and role of the CAA UAE in higher education

Creatrix Campus

It accredits all higher education institutions not affiliated with the federal government by taking them through a series of quality assurance steps and offering them a license to operate. Even the Degree programs offered by federal (government-run) institutions are now also accredited.