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PSC announces partnership with Texas State Technical College to pilot and evaluate its accreditation model.

PSC joined AEI at an event exploring different facets of measuring value in higher education.

Stig Leschly, president and founder of the Postsecondary Commission (PSC), testified before the House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development during the July 27, 2023 hearing, “Lowering Costs and Increasing Value for Students, Institutions, and Taxpayers.” In his testimony, Leschly outlined the four characteristics that make up PSC’s proposed model of accreditation – economic […]

The vast majority of postsecondary students in the US attend institutions that are more than 40 years old, and few new 2YR and 4YR institutions have been accredited in the past 20 years. These are two of the findings from our analysis of the age of US colleges and the process of new college accreditation.

In this analysis of the actions taken by accreditors over the last decade, we find that accreditors rarely discipline institutions for poor student outcomes or questionable academic programming.