How Technology Is Reinventing Accreditation

Campus Technology: Few would dispute that technology is rapidly changing the higher education experience. New models of delivery such as competency-based and self-paced programs are leaving some people in higher education wondering how to gauge the quality of student learning. Up until now, the final word for established institutions came from the six regional accreditors: You knew you were doing a decent job when accreditation was renewed. But some in the business of education are questioning whether the "regionals," as they're called, can keep up with the innovations being introduced by their member schools.

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