EdWeek Q&A with Rick Hess

By Carol Rava
July 25, 2022

Share Post


American Enterprise Institute’s Rick Hess interviews Postsecondary Commission’s Stig Leschly on what’s wrong with higher education and how new colleges need to anchor the solution. Excerpts are below. Read the full interview here.

 The sector, and millions of college students, desperately need innovation, disruption, and competition from new colleges…

Accreditors essentially sidestep their responsibility of oversight. Accreditors also maintain procedures that make it almost impossible for new colleges to earn accreditation.

 I am immensely optimistic that new designs will emerge when they see a predictable path through accreditation. Many of these social entrepreneurs are veterans of charter schools, working in education, workforce-related nonprofits, or sitting administrators in existing colleges who want to design a college from scratch.

Read the full piece here.


More News

Working to be a federally recognized accreditor of outcomes-focused and innovative colleges.

Sign Up for the Latest News


By submitting this form, you are consenting to receive marketing emails from: Postsecondary Commission, 75 Arlington St., Suite 500, Boston, MA, 02116, http://www.postsecondarycommission.org. You can revoke your consent to receive emails at any time by using the SafeUnsubscribe® link, found at the bottom of every email. Emails are serviced by Constant Contact

© 2023 Postsecondary Commission. All Rights Reserved.