Accreditation provisions and the Higher Education Opportunity Act
Brent Ruben forwarded this to me. It's an outline of the proposed regulations for accreditation under the Higher Education Opportunity Act (2008) (HEOA) forwarded through the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). Click here to view.
The good news is that HEOA enforces the principle that institutions set their own standards for learning outcomes, and accreditors set the accrediting organization's standards.
Here's one example:
Operating Procedure: Transfer of credit. Current Rules do not address transfer of credits. Proposed Rules require that accrediting bodies make sure:
1. Programs to be accredited have transfer credit policies.
2. The polices are public.
3. The criteria used to determine accepting credits from another institution is made public.