Inside Higher Ed: No College Left Behind?
The nerve wracking parlor game of choice for many people in higher education these days is trying to predict where the Secretary of Education’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education is heading. But one thing has become clear: The panel, or at least its chairman, Charles Miller, believes that colleges must better measure the skills and knowledge they impart to students, and openly share that information with the public.
In its simplest form, Miller is advocating “testing” of what students learn while in college. Details — on what measures to use, how to present the information and, perhaps most importantly, whether the testing would be encouraged or mandated — are few at this point, though Miller pointed the way in a memo he sent last month to commission members and in some of his public comments.
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