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What did it all mean?
ACTA, with the support of the Lumina Foundation, brought together yesterday a panel of experts to discuss the Higher Education Act and the future of higher ed. In her remarks, ACTA president Anne D. Neal explained that the HEA's increased demands for accountability essentially eliminate the need to keep accreditors as the gatekeepers of federal dollars. Regrettably, the law does not address the paramount question of what students are learning. On this point, a consensus did emerge among the various speakers that higher education must focus on delivering added value to justify to students and parents the cost of a degree. Looking to the future, most of the speakers emphasized the need for colleges to address what Americans view as the greatest problem in higher ed: the spiraling costs.
Posted by David Azerrad on December 17, 2008 at December 17, 2008 02:10 PM
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