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Accreditors and colleges press Education Department to modernize oversight: composite score, change-in-ownership and accreditation rules
Summary
Regional accreditors, commission chairs and several institutions urged the department to streamline regulations on accreditors’ recognition and renewal, modernize the composite financial-responsibility score, clarify change-in-ownership procedures and simplify return-of-Title-IV requirements to reduce delays and support innovation.
Washington — Accreditation bodies and institutional representatives urged the Department of Education on Friday to modernize several Title IV regulatory tools they said have become burdensome and in some cases impede institutional innovation and timely transactions.
Heather Perfetti, president of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and chair of the Council of Regional Accrediting Commissions, told the hearing that accreditor recognition and renewal processes could be streamlined to welcome new accreditors while maintaining consistent standards. “Definitions of distance education, competency‑based education, and credit hour should be re‑examined to determine the extent to which current regulations inhibit innovation,”…
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