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Accountability in the states
Today's Inside Higher Ed has an article about a new report from Education Sector that shows varying levels of accountability in public higher education on the state level. According to the report, 38 states have little or no way of measuring learning outcomes, while 36 have not developed a system of linking funding to performance. Forty states have accountability efforts--which include affordability, the "use of assessment tools," and publicizing the information--that were rated as "less complete" or in need of improvement. Education Sector has done all of us who are interested in higher education reform a great favor in highlighting the need for greater accountability and transparency--something that is especially valuable now that state appropriations and expenditures are coming under sharper scrutiny.
ACTA has also been working to increase accountability and excellence on the state level, most recently in our report cards on public higher education in Georgia and Missouri. These reports analyze the "big picture" of a state's public higher education--the curriculum, the intellectual climate, the governance, and the system's cost and effectiveness. And there will be more like them in the near future that will hopefully act as catalysts for reform in other states.
Posted by Sandra E. Czelusniak on July 01, 2009 at July 1, 2009 02:56 PM
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