By Paul Fain. A new report from the Century Foundation criticizes student loan guaranty agencies, arguing that they largely have abandoned their public missions. Read more...

By Paul Fain. Guarantee agencies have fallen away from their public missions, says the Century Foundation, which called on the feds to push for the agencies’ $5 billion in assets to be spent helping struggling student borrowers. Read more...

By Paul Fain. The Center for American Progress today released a report that proposes a "complementary competitor" to the current system of accreditation. Read more...

By Paul Fain. Public Agenda, a nonpartisan group, on Thursday released results of two recent national surveys of American adults on higher education. Read more...

By Paul Fain. National accreditor ACCSC gets inquiries from nearly 300 colleges overseen by ACICS, most of them for-profits. Critics of accreditors will be watching as the agency reviews the flood of applications. Read more...

By Paul Fain. Stackable credential pathways have plenty of promise, but a new study fuels worries about poorly designed programs shunting underrepresented student groups into short-term programs of questionable value. Read more...

By Paul Fain. A coalition of 20 groups -- including unions, consumer groups and the loan servicing company Navient -- this week wrote to federal agencies to call for a streamlined and simplified process of reapplying for income-driven student loan repayment plans. Read more...

By Paul Fain. Competency-based education can save money for colleges and students, a new report finds, but the efficiency gains won't come easily or without worries about the impact on academic quality. Read more...

By Paul Fain. Group of colleges releases voluntarily standards for competency-based education, which Education Department official says could help prevent the rise of bad actors. Read more...