Our audit found that the Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior College and University Commission’s (Commission) control activities did not provide reasonable assurance that schools properly classified the methods of delivery for competency-based education programs. As a result, the Commission’s evaluations of the schools’ classifications of the methods of delivery will not help the Department ensure that proposed competency-based education programs are properly classified for Title IV purposes. We specifically noted that the Commission did not evaluate whether proposed competency-based education programs were designed to ensure faculty-initiated,regular, and substantive interaction between faculty and students. Additionally, the Commission did not always ensure that the credit hours assigned to the programs from which schools derived competency-based education programs met the Federal definition of a credit hour. Finally, the Commission did not always follow its own policy relevant to the review of credit hours.
| Report Date | Agency Reviewed / Investigated | Report Title | Type | Location | |
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| Department of Education | The Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior College and University Commission Could Improve Its Evaluation of Competency-Based Education Programs to Help the Department Ensure Programs Are Properly Classified for Title IV Purposes | Audit |
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| Farm Credit Administration | Peer Review of the Farm Credit Administration Office of Inspector General's Audit Function | Peer Review of OIG | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Peace Corps | Protecting Sensitive Information in Peace Corps Computer Systems | Review | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Department of Health & Human Services | Texas Did Not Always Comply With Federal Requirements and Its Cost Allocation Plan When It Claimed Medicaid Administrative Costs | Audit |
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| Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board | Cybersecurity Act of 2015 Report: CSB's Policies and Procedures to Protect Systems With Personally Identifiable Information | Audit | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| U.S. Postal Service | Executive Officer Compensation for Calendar Year 2015 | Audit | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Environmental Protection Agency | Audit of Financial Statements for EPA's Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Fund From Inception (October 5, 2012) to September 30, 2014 | Audit | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Department of Defense | Navy Needs to Establish Effective Metrics to Achieve Desired Outcomes for SPY‑1 Radar Sustainment | Audit | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Internal Revenue Service | The Integrated Production Model Increases Data Access Efficiency; However, Access Controls and Data Validation Could Be Improved | Audit | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Internal Revenue Service | Fiscal Year 2016 Statutory Review of Compliance With Legal Guidelines When Issuing Levies | Audit | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
