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Beyond ideological debates, a focus on process (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

In a 2018 Pew Research Center poll , 61 percent of Americans said they believe higher education in the U.S. That takes us to issues of higher education governance—a process that is often tediously slow and too often inefficient but nevertheless the way we do business today. is going in the wrong direction.

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Researchers Present Recommendations for Reversing Minority Male Enrollment Declines at Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These decreases are especially concerning because of how popular a path community colleges have been for these groups: 44% of all Black undergraduates and 57% of all Native undergraduates attended community colleges in 2018. Other ideas focused on teachers. Jon Edelman can be reached at JEdelman@DiverseEducation.com

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Is Higher Ed Accreditation Needed or Nuisance?

The Change Leader, Inc.

For instance, the Education Commission of the States issued a report in December 2016 that looked at accreditation and accountability. This system involves the analysis of data from 10 key areas — governance, programs, students, faculty, research, internationalization, ethics, responsibility, sustainability, and corporate engagement.

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Predatory Colleges, Converted To Non-Profit, Are Failing (David Halperin, Republic Report)

Higher Education Inquirer

Grand Canyon in 2018 had restructured itself into two entities: a non-profit college, GCU, and a for-profit company, Grand Canyon Education (GCE), that gets paid to provide a range of services to the school. Cutting costs at the school in order to pay Graham Holdings’ fees would likely mean lower-quality educational programs.