It took a long time to redefine the purposes of college and university accreditation, but we are doing it. The “we” are not the accreditation agencies or the major professional associations that speak for higher education. The change agents are a loose coalition of state and federal government agencies, some members of Congress, and the … Continue reading “Accreditation Blues”
Month: July 2016
Fighting ISIS
More than twenty years after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the universities, military academies, and specialized institutes of which we are so proud seem incapable of educating graduates well equipped to understand the world of the 21st century. There are striking parallels between the language our “experts” used during the Cold War and the … Continue reading “Fighting ISIS”