Several universities have announced new degree programs that value competency over time spent in the classroom in response to a proposal from the Department of Education that was released last March. “The...

After finishing its five-year maintenance report in 2014, the McDonough School of Business will tweak its mission statement and practices to meet new accreditation standards, which emphasize global commerce...

Georgetown administrators and faculty members are taking a new approach in their efforts to seek mandatory university re-accreditation, focusing on topics such as institutional and student assessment. Although...