The U.S. Education Department has released the list of industry representatives who are set to participate in the negotiated rulemaking session on college accreditation scheduled to begin later this month. More...
Cutting Oversight of Accreditation Will Spur Innovation, Says Education Dept. Critics Say Not So Fast.
Last Monday the department released its recommendations for major changes in the rules regarding accreditation and how colleges qualify for federal financial aid. More...
BAC updates accreditation for independent HE
By Claudia Civinini. The British Accreditation Council has released an updated version of its accreditation scheme for independent higher education providers. More...
Democrats Want Investigation of Accreditor's Restoration
By Paul Fain. Leading Democrats in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday called for the U.S. Department of Education's Office of the Inspector General to investigate the department's decision last month to restore federal recognition for a controversial national accreditor with a focus on for-profit colleges. More...
JCSU retains accreditation, Bennett College may not
Two historically black schools in North Carolina have received different news regarding the future of the institutions. More...
College of St. Joseph fights to keep accreditation
The College of St. Joseph in Vermont could lose its accreditation by August because of financial issues. More...
Loyola University New Orleans placed on probation by accrediting agency
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges is imposing a one-year period of probation on Loyola University New Orleans “to demonstrate the continued financial health of the university,” according to Loyola’s leadership. More...
Bennett College faces the loss of its accreditation
The private women’s college on East Washington Street faces the loss of its accreditation after years of financial and enrollment struggles and an announcement Tuesday by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. More...
Accreditation agency plans to visit U. of Md., request governance details
The agency responsible for awarding the University of Maryland its accreditation is planning a visit to the College Park campus and has asked the institution to hand over details of its governance. More...
Accreditor on Defining Student Success
By Paul Fain. The Higher Learning Commission, which is the largest regional accrediting agency, is seeking to change the conversation around defining student success for today's learners. With the release of a position paper, the first of three HLC plans to release on the issue in coming months, the accreditor argued that "current discussions and measures of student success are based on a construct that does not represent students now enrolled in U.S. postsecondary education institutions." The paper was written by a group of experts convened by the accreditor. More...