Report: Higher ed’s regulatory ‘triad’ needs an overhaul – Education Dive

Dive Brief:

• The three bodies that together oversee higher education in the U.S. are in need of an extreme overhaul, argues a new report from New America.
• The left-leaning think tank gave a list of recommendations for how to rework the regulatory “triad” ー accreditors, state agencies and the U.S. Department of Education. The report’s authors wrote that these entities have long blamed the other when colleges fail.
• Their suggestions include reforming student aid and increasing federal oversight of accreditors. This comes after the Education Department finalized regulations last month that give accreditors more latitude, though critics of the rules — among them New America representatives —​ said they remove key accountability measures.

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