The Broken Accreditation System � The Quick and the Ed

The Broken Accreditation System � The Quick and the Ed

The Broken Accreditation System

by Ben Miller

Michale McComis on the hot seat (HELP Committee)

No one emerged looking worse from Wednesday’’s Senate hearing on for-profits than Michale McComis, the executive director of the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges. That’s saying something given that the first two hours of the hearing were devoted to damning undercover video of admissions counselors encouraging prospective students to lie on aid applications; inflating career earnings potential; and admitting they