Ralph Wolff of
WASC,
Western Association of Schools and Colleges, demystifies the world of accreditation. Ralph lays out the history and complexities of the regulatory environment, and the magnitude of the challenge around changing the way institutions are evaluated and regulated.
It’s time to redefine and transform accreditation to support changes in higher education discussed at the DGREE
Summit. Can WASC itself become a model of what we want institutions to become — open, transparent, and innovative?
WELCOME TO DGREE. NOW IS THE
TIME TO RETHINK HIGHER EDUCATION AND
CREATE A
NEW MODEL FOR LEARNING.
There is a great need to rethink how education is delivered throughout one's lifetime. We believe in creating a student-centric initiative for a new ecosystem around higher education that blends the best of entrepreneurial thinking and higher education. But changing higher education in
America must first begin with changing the conversation we are having about it.
Now is the time to initiate dialogue, ideation and action around rethinking the policies, infrastructure and innovations needed to reinvent it and
LENS is committed to promoting this dialogue.
Created by
Tara Lemméy and LENS in partnership with the
Lumina Foundation, DGREE is a new initiative for higher education that brings together the shared thinking of business leaders, venture capitalists, education foundations, and university leaders and accreditors to focus on student-centric learning in a sustainable educational ecosystem. D stands for
Dynamic. Gree is the
Scottish word for mastery. Dynamic + Mastery = DGREE.
Our goal is to explore the critical requirements for opening up higher education to new models. What does it take to build new technology platforms? What business processes need to be changed? What policy barriers can be cleared away to open up new, high quality higher education options?
The ultimate goal is to get 60% of our adults to acquire degrees, meeting the needs of the new GI
Bill and re-educating a population for next-economy jobs.
Imagine a world where higher education doesn't end with a diploma, but starts at 18 and continues through life.
- published: 28 Mar 2016
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