Breve resumen de la ley de reautorizacion de educacion (HEOA)
The Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEOA) reauthorized the Higher Education Act of 1965 and introduced significant changes to accreditation and the relationship between higher education institutions and the federal government. It expanded government oversight over areas traditionally controlled by higher education like finance, governance, and judgments of academic quality. It also increased reporting requirements for institutions around issues like distance education, student outcomes, and data reporting. The HEOA shifted some power in accreditation from the executive branch to Congress and required institutions to establish policies for transferring credits and verifying student identity in distance education courses while protecting student privacy.
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Breve resumen de la ley de reautorizacion de educacion (HEOA)
- 1. THE HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY ACT OF 2008: WHAT DOES IT MEAN AND WHAT DOES IT DO? Alfredo Calderón-Serrano Coordinator Task Forces Hispanic Educational Technology Services (HETS)
- 4. Correo-e: info@hets.org Llamar al: (787) 766-2600 exts. 8910, 8911
- 6. Apprehension is about language that remains and that reflects a substantial growth of government oversight , engulfing vital areas of institutional operation such as finance and governance as well as judgments about academic quality , e.g., transfer of credit , heretofore the province of the higher education community.
- 14. Changes to Accreditation (6)
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- The result is a federal government that has positioned itself, in an unprecedented move, as an authoritative source of information, judgment and disclosure about higher education operation and quality. Beyond this serious development, the detail of the data and extensiveness of reporting insinuate the federal government more than ever into the daily academic business of colleges and universities. The net impact is that the academic and accreditation communities will now be dealing with a U.S. Department of Education (USDE) that has fashioned a new role as a nationwide spokesperson, a “Federal Educator-in-Chief.”
- Institutions do need to have clear transfer policies and criteria that are readily available information to the public.
- First, institutions currently have their own means to do this monitoring and the need for a government role here is not clear. Second, reporting this monitoring to the government raises significant issues around technology, privacy and security.
- First, institutions currently have their own means to do this monitoring and the need for a government role here is not clear. Second, reporting this monitoring to the government raises significant issues around technology, privacy and security.
- Courses offered in a blended format—in which some instruction is face-to-face and some is delivered in a distance education format—are not considered distance education courses under the HEOA. Courses offered face-to-face at a site other than the institution’s main campus are also not considered distance education courses.