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Exploring civil society in education: IIEP contributes to CIES 2023

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13.03.2023 During the week of 20 February, IIEP participated in the annual CIES conference to share the latest of our work on transparency and accountability measures in education. CIES 2023 was organized in a blended format around the theme: ‘Improving Education for a More Equitable World’.
ChatGPT: a new relationship between humans and machines

24.02.2023 USA, France, Denmark

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Thomas E Jørgensen - University World News

Questions about using artificial intelligence go further than cheating on exams or generating text for scientific articles. They concern academic values the integrity of academic work, but also the exploration of the changing relationship between humans and machines. A recent statement by the European University Association, ChatGPT raises issues for universities in terms of updating policies to accommodate such tools while preserving recognition of course work and authentic assessment.
Successful completion of IIEP’s online course on corruption in education

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06.11.2020 IIEP successfully concluded its online course on ‘Transparency, accountability and accountability measures’ held from 21 September to 6 November 2020. The objective of the course was to strengthen the skills of participants in assessing corruption risks in the education sector and designing adequate tools and strategies to address such risks.
New IIEP publication explores using school report cards to improve transparency

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15.11.2016 IIEP is pleased to announce its latest publication Promoting Transparency through Information: A Global Review of School Report Cards by Xuejiao Joy Cheng and Kurt Moses from FHI 360.
Promoting transparency through information: A global review of school report cards

In an era of growing public access to information, how can data be better used to encourage transparency and accountability in the education sector? This study looks at the case of school report cards (SRCs), examining various models and conditions...

Cheng, Xuejiao Joy, Moses, Kurt

Paris, UNESCO-IIEP, 2016
Promoting transparency through information: A global review of school report cards

Xuejiao Joy Cheng, Kurt Moses

2016 151p.
The watchdogs of college education rarely bite

08.06.2015 USA

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Andrea Fuller ; Douglas Belkin - The Wall Street Journal

Accreditors keep hundreds of schools with low graduation rates or high loan defaults alive. Most colleges can’t keep their doors open without an accreditor’s seal of approval, which is needed to get students access to federal loans and grants. But accreditors hardly ever kick out the worst-performing colleges and lack uniform standards for assessing graduation rates and loan defaults.