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Preeminent Event Focuses on Executive Information Sharing and Networking

By Kelley Blanchard, Senior Vice President of Professional Development & Engagement, CECU
The CEO Summit has become the preeminent gathering for executive leaders in the postsecondary career education sector. This year, the lineup will feature three influential Republican members of the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor. Former Chairwoman Dr. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) will be joined by fellow Committee members Rep. Fred Keller (R-PA) and Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT).

Christopher Lambert: ACCET Positioned Perfectly for Where Higher Education is Going

PAPSA/CSPEN Survey Finds That ACICS-Accredited School’s Still Hope for More Time and Support in Transition Process

By Tom Netting, Co-Executive Director, CSPEN and Aaron Shenck, Executive Director, PAPSA
PAPSA and CSPEN collaborated on the circulation of an anonymous survey seeking additional information and a status report on where ACICS-accredited schools are in the process of transitioning from ACICS to a different accrediting agency or agencies. This article discusses those results.

Preeminent Event Focuses on Executive Information Sharing and Networking

NACIQI, ED.Gov, CHEA Offer Guidance Regarding COVID-19-Era Quality Assurance

By Anthony S. Bieda, www.asb34policyresources.com
The global pandemic disrupting instruction in higher education is also re-shaping some of the highly routinized, methodical quality assurance protocols of accreditation. The analysis that follows considers available written disclosures from the accreditation community and the primary sources of guidance regarding accreditation recognition: The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Postsecondary Education, the NACIQI, and the CHEA.

Preeminent Event Focuses on Executive Information Sharing and Networking

MAPCS Goes Regional

By James (Jim) A. Bologa, President and Chief Executive Officer, Porter and Chester Institute and YTI Career Institute
The purpose of this article is to share what MAPCS went through to form a regional state association and to inform other private career school state associations of the benefits and challenges associated with this process.

Preeminent Event Focuses on Executive Information Sharing and Networking

Accrediting Agencies Preparing for Virtual Site Visits

Written from interviews with ACCSC, DEAC, ACCET and ABHES
Accrediting agencies are moving to virtual site visits as COVID-19 cases continue to increase nationwide. But officials from four accrediting agencies say the virtual process will be similar to on-site visits, except that they will be done primarily online and involve more preplanning.

Preeminent Event Focuses on Executive Information Sharing and Networking

New Midwest Advocacy Network aims to Promote Interests, Successes of Private Schools

Written by Barbara A. Schmitz from an interview with Jeri Prochaska and Tom Netting, Co-Executive Directors, CSPEN
The Central States Private Education Network, a new, grass-roots federal and state advocacy network, was created to promote the interests of all private schools in five Midwest states. Jeri Prochaska and Tom Netting, co-executive directors of CSPEN, said they started the network, based in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois and Michigan, out of concerns that media were only reporting negative things about the sector.

Preeminent Event Focuses on Executive Information Sharing and Networking

SARA – Twenty-three States and Counting

Written from an interview with Marshall A. Hill, Ph.D., Executive Director, National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements
Executive Director of the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements, Marshal Hill believes that distance education can help improve America’s educational system once the inefficiencies of the current state regulatory system are codified across the board.

Preeminent Event Focuses on Executive Information Sharing and Networking