#19: Adult Learners & Proposal Outline for Accreditation Reform from Secretary DeVos and Education Department officials

2018-12-20

Let’s break down one Proposal within the White Paper Accreditation Reform Proposal 3 Increase academic and career mobility for students by eliminating artificial Boundaries between institutions due to the credential levels an institution Offers or the agency that accredits the institution or its program. Barriers Regionally Accredited Institutions to accept transfer credits from nationally accredited institutions or enroll graduates of nationally accredited institutions in higher l...

Let’s break down one Proposal within the White Paper Accreditation Reform

Proposal 3

Increase academic and career mobility for students by eliminating artificial

Boundaries between institutions due to the credential levels an institution

Offers or the agency that accredits the institution or its program.

Barriers

Regionally Accredited Institutions to accept transfer credits from nationally accredited institutions or enroll graduates of nationally accredited institutions in higher level credential programs.

In some cases, genuine differences among institutional learning objectives or pedagogy may limit the transferability of credits; however, it should never be the case that institutional elitism and historical hierarchies alone make it unnecessarily difficult for transfer students, mid-career professionals, and veterans to obtain a post-secondary credential.

Sources

https://nces.ed.gov/

https://www.chea.org/userfiles/uploads/fund_accred_20ques_02.pdf

U.S. Department of Education

https://www.nasfaa.org/uploads/documents/Accreditation_Reform.pdf

https://www.edsmart.org/regional-vs-national-accreditation/

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