October 14, 2009

Colleges Need to Measure Quality Based on What Students Learn, Lumina Leader Says

By Sara Hebel

American colleges aren't doing enough to measure the specific learning that takes place in their courses and degree programs, and learning needs to be recognized as the primary measure of quality in higher education, says the president of the Lumina Foundation for Education.

In the prepared text of a speech he was to give Wednesday evening at Claremont Graduate University, Jamie P. Merisotis, the group's president, says that the United States needs to ensure quality in higher

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