The U.S. Senate has announced its six nominees to serve on the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, an 18-member board that advises the education secretary on accrediting agencies. Senate Republicans chose Anne D. Neal, president of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, who served on the committee from 2007 to 2008, before Congress overhauled it in the reauthorized Higher Education Act. The other two Republican appointees are Bruce Cole, former chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and Michael Poliakoff, former vice president for academic affairs and research at the University of Colorado system. The Democratic nominees are Daniel Klaich, chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education; State Rep. Cameron Staples of Connecticut; and Larry N. Vanderhoef, former chancellor of the University of California at Davis. The education secretary, Arne Duncan, nominated six members in December, and the House of Representatives has yet to release its list of nominees.
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2 Responses to Senators Name 6 to Panel Overseeing Accreditors
12096136 - January 30, 2010 at 12:25 pm
It is about time someone looked at the accrediting agencies, particularly North Central. They charge enormous fees and approve just about any institution. They do not spend enough time on campus to throughly check any supporting documentation. The exit report is “canned” and does not fit the institution–the names are changed and all the reports are the same. The accrediting process and the resulting reports are not worth the paper they are written on. It is time to look at the quality of education offered by the institutions and the lack of integrity of the accrediting agencies.
timlincoln - February 1, 2010 at 9:21 am
Accreditors should approve all institutions—that meet the criteria and standards in place. I hope that the federal overseers will focus on “big picture” questions, such as how accrediting bodies encourage improvement in student learning.