Proposals for reforming the higher education accreditation system have ignited a firestorm of controversy this year. While Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings and the recent Commission on the Future of Higher Education have both recommended changes to the current accreditation process, others in the higher education community feel that the...

In 2005, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings appointed a panel of academics, higher education administrators, and business leaders to assess the state of higher education and recommend reforms. The commission released its final report in the fall of 2006, calling for greater accountability from colleges and universities, expressing concern...

Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings and others on what's wrong with higher education today--and how to fix it.

Racial preferences thrive shrouded in secrecy.

High-quality residency programs are swell, but before the eight states that have signed onto the NCATE and the Department of Education get too far ahead of themselves, take a breath to make sure this has a happy ending.

For those who have been troubled by the tendency of universities to adopt campus speech codes, a worrisome new fad is rearing its head in the nation's schools of education.

A simple system could be established to help postsecondary students and institutions navigate the transfer process. This system would grant credit based on students' performance rather than preemptively penalizing them for changing schools.

George Cunningham speech from 6/9/2003 education event.