The Other 85 Percent

Law is the latest discipline to resist accountability in the form of clearly articulating intended learning outcomes, and then measuring to see if students, in fact, learned what was intended. This Chronicle of Higher Education article details the controversy stirred by the American Bar Association’s plans to shift from looking at inputs to assessing outcomes. [...]

It is hard to believe, but the University of Maryland University College, a premier online university, has been barred by the Maryland Higher Education Commission from offering its online doctoral degree in community college administration because it might duplicate a face-to-face offering by Morgan State College, another state college in Maryland. It is hard to [...]

I have fantastic news to report. Capella University has won a platinum Learning Impact Award from the IMS Global Learning Consortium for outstanding use of technology. This prestigious award recognizes the most impactful use of technology worldwide in support of learning. Congratulations are deserved by everyone at Capella who has contributed to this achievement.
Mike

Capella University will host a panel discussion titled “Moving Beyond Reputation: Evaluating Quality in Higher Education” on April 7 at 1 p.m. EST in Crystal City, VA, and will also be webcast live. The event will be moderated by Ray Suarez, Senior Correspondent, The NewsHour, PBS. Please watch the video invitation from Ray Suarez. We invite [...]

On Dec. 3, the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education released “Measuring Up 2008: The National Report Card on Higher Education” that has received a predictable amount of media attention. I compliment Pat Callan and his colleagues for calling for more data, transparency, and understanding of the current state and changes [...]

Two of my previous blog posts have considered Peter Ewell’s most recent book on accreditation and quality assurance.  One of the core values of accreditation described by Ewell is “professional practice.”  He states that “the academy is above all a culture that values expertise” and “the clearest manifestation is the historic preoccupation of accreditors with [...]