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IHEP and 11 Organizations Commend the Department of Education on Reinstating Accreditor Data Dashboards

Published Jul 27, 2021

The Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) has joined 11 higher education organizations in thanking the Department of Education (ED) for reinstating accreditor data dashboards for the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity’s (NACIQI) recommendation process and for recognizing the importance of data in accreditation. NACIQI plays an important role in the accrediting agency recognition process and identified several years ago that quantitative data, presented in dashboards, could help it make better decisions. We are pleased to see the Department’s renewed recognition of the importance of data in accreditation.

Read the full letter to Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Higher Education Programs Dr. Michelle Asha Cooper.