February 1, 2008
Colleges Emerge the Clear Winner in the Battle Over Accreditation
If the accreditation battles of the past year had been a boxing match, the referees probably would declare American colleges the winner by a technical knockout.
The latest example is the victory the colleges have secured in a fight with accreditors themselves over proposed legislative language. The outcome appears to have removed the institutions' last major obstacle to asserting their right to define academic success.
The skirmish began last summer, when a provision colleges
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