Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Transparency & Accountability

How can we make WASC's process more transparent? By making public the "action letters" the agency issues at the end of each college's accreditation process and establishing a "report card" that would include information about how an institution…Continue

Started by WASC Apr 14, 2011.

Graduation and Retention Rates

Perhaps the biggest change that WASC is contemplating, is the idea of forcing institutions to identify levels of learning and student success that would be externally validated through comparisons with peer institutions.The goal, said Linda…Continue

Started by WASC Apr 14, 2011.

Degree Qualifications Framework

WASC is experimenting with the Lumina Foundation for Education's recently released Degree Qualifications…Continue

Tags: Rates, Retention, Graduation

Started by WASC Apr 14, 2011.

Task Force Report on Transparency & Accountability 1 Reply

Within the past few years, institutions of higher education have come under increasing criticism for an alleged lack of transparency and accountability. This criticism was reflected in the 2006 report of the Commission on the Future of Higher…Continue

Tags: WASC, Accountability, Transparency

Started by Therese A Cannon. Last reply by Godwin Igein. Ph.D Jan 20, 2010.