August 10, 2007

How Not to Fix Accreditation

By ALAN CONTRERAS

The recent release of another critique of accreditation provides an opportunity to sort through some of the mass of ill-informed rhetoric in Washington regarding the nature and limitations of collegiate approval processes. The new report, "Why Accreditation Doesn't Work and What Policy Makers Can Do About It," comes from the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, a generally conservative organization, which advocates educational reform. Some of what it contains is a helpful commentary on

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