The cost of instruction for the introductory courses was low and advisors who effectively moved the few students who chose to remain through the program without a lot of hassle. Accreditation teams routinely approved the curriculum without requiring much from the department. And best of all, tenured faculty members were rarely bothered by undergraduates.While students, alumni and an alarmed public were letting Mark know that the well-oiled machine was not doing its job. The department's research reputation continued to rise in national
Make sure that quality and excellence-- pursuit of excellence, the topmost agenda. There is an accreditation process in India called the National Accreditation Board. Glad to tell you that all the Sankara Eye Hospitals are accredited under the NABH program.
And what you've got to do then is you've got to take on the teachers' colleges. And the accreditation of teachers' colleges is not so easy. But we could start by valuing teaching.
It is such an honor. You have a lot of accreditation to you, not only being frontman for Jane's Addiction, and Porno for Pyros, and Satellite Party, but also maybe some of the folks in the audience today, maybe some of our younger Googlers here may not know, you're also credited with being the creator of Lollapalooza--
to tell her when she was low. So there needs to be a national accreditation process that is the standard.
Mike, you expressed concern. The whole conversation about the accreditation of Higgs.
like um I would happily honor the Seth Goden alternate MBA and and I think many other people would too so the whole notion of accreditation and and what is a diploma um I think is going to change and people are going to be able to get credit for uh uh taking
One is just so that we're speaking the same language here, when you're talking about regulation, you're talking about licensing requirements, for example, or you're talking about accreditations and so on. Yes. Right? And it usually is the government doing that, although in some cases it could be a professional organization of some kind.
But because you vote with your wallet and you're sending that message every time you make a purchase, it is really important. And this is why the question about the accreditation for how they operate is so important.
I'm sure you've thought a bit about that. I got copied on hundreds of letters that our students wrote to the accreditation board.
of my arguments were going to be. I was with a colleague -- so I'm very hard about criticizing, for example, accrediting agencies and the idea of accreditation in higher education. And I thought I was really going to be edgy about this. And I was with a colleague last week who said, "well, why did you pull your punches about accreditation ?" So take this
But because you vote with your wallet and you're sending that message every time you make a purchase, it is really important. So yes, there are standards and accreditations that standard developers and third party certifiers have to meet.
Okay. And that's where What you're saying is there's a winnowing out of the competition because if you have to have that accreditation or license or whatever, then fewer people will reach that standard?
There are new business models in education. Slow, but competency-based learning models, getting accreditation and the ability to get reimbursed is going to create more opportunity for learning technologies. As well as energy efficiency.
I'm sure you've thought a bit about that. But I also, two years ago, the accreditation board asked us to stop the honor system.
But because you vote with your wallet and you're sending that message every time you make a purchase, it is really important. In some, there are programs who just develop the standard and then other third parties can do the verification work provided they meet accreditation as the certifying body.
And we said, oh, my gosh. So designing and building curriculum in a vacuum, having to go through a three to four-year accreditation process and then saying you should go learn
And they are held accountable. And to see this happening and the interest that it has generated, not only within our campus, but outside our campus as the accreditation board has initially been very skeptical about it, as corporate leaders have spoken out in favor of it, as high school students are so fascinated by this thing, that when we go talk with them about Ashesi, this is a thing
I'm sure you've thought a bit about that. When we make admissions decisions, what we do is we look at a standardized national exam and the accreditation board has minimum standards for admission.
for example, accrediting agencies and the idea of accreditation in higher education. And I thought I was really going to be edgy about this. And I was with a colleague last week who said, "well, why did you pull your punches about accreditation ?" So take this idea of controversy with a grain of salt. But some of the things that people have mentioned and talked about have to do with comparisons that I make. So for example, I talk a lot
Rich: It's a great question. And I don't know the answer to that. I mean, you can see there are a few models that are evolving. You know, the Florida system, for example, Rich: No. The ones that are accredited are in the same model. So accreditation entitles students to receive Title 4 funds. So federally-backed loans. People go into debt. I mean, as I said,
And so as a result, this has lowered the barriers to entry. Someone can make an argument as a thought leader, even if they lack, potentially, the traditional accreditations . Even though, by the way, thought leaders might very well have these accreditations -- I'm not trying to say that they're necessarily less well-educated-- but it basically
Someone can make an argument as a thought leader, even if they lack, potentially, the traditional accreditations . Even though, by the way, thought leaders might very well have these accreditations -- I'm not trying to say that they're necessarily less well-educated-- but it basically by Americans distrusting traditional sources of authority, it opens up the possibility for new thought leaders to enter the marketplace.