Rachael Barlow

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Adjunct Assistant Professor of Academic Writing

Associate Director for Assessment

“The right policies can produce huge changes in the higher education market. If the U.S. is to reclaim its position as the most-educated nation in the world, then federal policy needs to shift from paying for and valuing time to paying for and valuing learning. What’s needed is a new regulatory framework that not just allows but encourages the creation of higher education programs based on learning instead of time.”

Laitinen, A. (2012). Cracking the credit hourNew America Foundation.

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