Congresswoman wants more scrutiny of college accrediting agencies
A California lawmaker Thursday questioned whether the federal government is providing enough scrutiny of higher education accrediting agencies, citing the controversial decision by a private panel to revoke the accreditation of City College of San Francisco. Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-Hillsborough) raised the prospect that the accrediting system and the government’s oversight of it is flawed in a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan… Among the questions posed by Speier are why regions have only one accreditor, whether the government has looked at the merits of certifying more than one accreditor for each region and whether agencies should be reviewed more frequently.
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by Carla Rivera, The Los Angeles Times.