December 8, 2006

Spellings Promises Fast Reforms in Accrediting

By KELLY FIELD

Education secretary wants to measure student learning; she pledges cooperation

Taking the first concrete steps to put in place recommendations from the Commission on the Future of Higher Education, Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings said last week that she would move quickly to improve the accreditation system, saying the process must become more focused on student learning.

"We need to get about the business of making this system work better," the secretary said in a

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