During a 2008 Council for Higher Education Accreditation’s (CHEA) Summer Workshop Panel discussion, the CHEA president [Judith Eaton], an Education Department official, a key Congressional aide, and two accrediting agency leaders debated Eaton’s vision and, more fundamentally, the current state of the tension-filled system by which the federal government, accrediting agencies, states and colleges and [...]

DOE may still issue regulations for accrediting agencies’ oversight of colleges’ student learning outcomes. Secretary of Education, Margaret Spellings, under pressure from Congress had agreed not to issue such regulations until the re-authorization of the Higher Education Act. As the final vote on this Act is expected by the July 4th recess, concerns mount [...]