1935–2012
The Pacific Institute is saddened to report the passing of its chairman and co-founder.
Associations & AccreditationsBy Florence Tate, SWAT Educational Services
It is proposed for the new regulation to require all accrediting agencies to once again perform the unannounced where at least 10 percent of the institutions accredited by the agency have a cohort default rate for the most recent year of 20 percent or more. Best practices and procedures are still emerging at many of the accrediting agencies and the institutions that they accredit as to how to prepare and conduct unannounced accreditation visits.
Compliance An interview with David Paris, New Leadership Alliance for Student Learning and Accountability
In 2009, with grants from the Hewlett Foundation, the Teagle Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the New Leadership Alliance for Student Learning and Accountability was incorporated, and began working on several projects. The recent publication of Committing to Quality: Guidelines for Assessment and Accountability is the latest initiative. The idea is to form a network or a group of leaders in higher education who consistently come out with the same message and support the same ideas and to speak with one voice.
Financial Aid & Student Default Issues By Cheryl Hentz with Sally Samuels, Vice President–Regulatory Affairs, FAME, Inc.
This is the first of what will be quarterly interviews with Sally Samuels, vice president of regulatory affairs with FAME, Inc. The series will feature: what new regulations have been put in place with regard to Title IV funding; what new regulations are on the horizon; what are the best ways for schools to make sure they’re in compliance; what are schools doing right when it comes to compliance, and what could they be doing better.
By Cheryl Hentz, Staff Writer/Products & Services
Veri-Tax assists schools’ financial aid departments by working directly with the IRS to provide tax transcripts for new students, parents, or anyone else who is on the student’s loan application.
Instruction & Faculty ManagementBy Dennis Spisak, Pearson Learning Solutions
It is scary to instructors to change how they teach, but they must change if they are going to effectively teach the net generation student. If we are to provide skills to our students that allow them to be successful in their chosen fields, we need to transform how we teach and implement new methods that coincide with how students learn.
Advertising & MarketingBy Roger Becker, Becker Media
Students listen on average to only two to three radio stations, which makes targeting them on radio easier than TV; and, like any other kind of direct response media, you’ll know quickly whether radio is working or not.
Community ServiceBy Sherie L. Hurd, Executive Vice President/Marketing and Operations
Empire College in Santa Rosa, California was honored with the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction Award for its community service. Empire College has a long history of integrating community service projects into their education platform, including tax return assistance, legal clinics, health programs and fundraisers.
Executive Director’s Report and PhotosBy Carol A. Moneymaker
This year's conference was held February 22–24, 2012 at the Encore Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The theme was "Promoting Excellence in Healthcare: One Student at a Time."
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