June 10, 2008

Accrediting Advisory Panel Makes What May Be Its Final Demand for Standards

By Paul Basken

Washington

If the Education Department's advisory committee on accreditation holds out any hope that Congress will reconsider its plan to disband the panel, that message may have gotten lost at what could be the group's final review session.

In a display of the type of behavior that probably moved lawmakers to act against it, the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity on Monday challenged two major accrediting agencies over their policies for ensuring college

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