November 24, 2006

Spellings Wants to Use Accreditation as a Cudgel

By BURTON BOLLAG

She may push for changes in the process as part of her 'action plan'

When the federal Commission on the Future of Higher Education delivered its final report to the secretary of education in September, accreditors and many higher-education leaders breathed a small sigh of relief. The document did not endorse an early recommendation that the current accreditation system be completely dismantled.

While the report said the process by which colleges were accredited had "significant

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