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Education Department Announces Final Regulations Regarding Predatory Recruiting Practices Against Veterans

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Veterans and their families deserve the very best education America has to offer,” said U.S. Today, we’re raising the bar for oversight and accountability for colleges and career schools that prioritize profiting off federal financial aid programs over preparing students for success in the workforce,” said U.S.

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How Public Universities Can Tackle the Teacher Shortage

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Department of Education is stepping up with $368 million in new grant funding to aid teacher retention and recruitment and improve diversity. But there’s more the federal government can do. Helping schools of education produce more teachers is only one half of the equation.

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Thoughts on ED’s New Guidance on Revenue Share Arrangements and Third-Party Servicers (TPS)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Since any associated policy changes could affect a much wider set of services than originally expected, we thought that we’d use this space to share what we think are the key points that university leaders across higher education need to understand about the potential impact of recent and anticipated actions by the federal government.

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Florida colleges have no right to accreditation (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Accreditation in the United States is fragmented and imperfect but remains one of the few mechanisms through which we attempt to guarantee some level of educational integrity and consistency across a large and diverse array of institutions. This applies to any governing board, whether public, private not-for-profit, or private for-profit.

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Beyond ideological debates, a focus on process (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Lately, university governing boards around the country have been considering the balance and diversity of intellectual scholarship in the institutions they oversee. 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.

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Navigating Institutional Accreditation: How to Get it and Keep it: Helping colleges and universities navigate the accreditation process successfully

The Change Leader, Inc.

Institutional accreditation is a quality assurance process that provides colleges and universities access to critical resources once attained: federal financial aid, the ability to transfer and accept student transcripts and credits, and the increased likelihood of degree acceptance from employers and other higher ed institutions.

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Data-Driven Decision Making in Higher Education: Unlocking the Potential of Analytics

Creatrix Campus

This aids in strategic planning and improves the output from various departments, enabling them to make more educated and data-driven decisions. An integrated dashboard offers continuous performance tracking, providing leaders with a valuable tool for keeping governing boards well-informed.