For chairs, the seat’s gotten hotter — from chronicle.com by Audrey Williams June
With new demands for fund raising and assessment, academe’s middle managers feel the pressure
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- Accreditors now find themselves under critical review — from chronicle.com by Eric Kelderman
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Despite their long history in higher education, accreditors now face what some believe are existential challenges, including technological changes that could transform higher education in ways that diminish the groups’ role as standard-bearers of quality, or even eliminate them as gatekeepers for federal dollars.
The higher-education landscape is shifting rapidly. But accreditation, a lengthy and complex process, is not keeping pace, according to critics, and even some supporters, of the current system.