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25 juillet 2018

85 Colleges Kept Aid After DeVos Restored Accreditor

HomeBy Andrew Kreighbaum. Eighty-five colleges overseen by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools would likely have lost access to federal student aid -- and most of their revenue -- if Education Secretary Betsy DeVos had not opted to temporarily reinstate the accreditor earlier this year. More...

24 juillet 2018

Southern Accreditor Places 4 Institutions on Probation

HomeBy Doug Lederman. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges this month placed four colleges and universities on probation. More...

23 juillet 2018

Accreditors Eye Temple

HomeBy Scott Jaschik. University is supposed to abide by standards requiring honesty and integrity. But is it in compliance after revealing that its business school lied for years to get higher rankings? U.S. News also seeks more information. More...

23 juillet 2018

Accreditor Places Sweet Briar on Warning Status

HomeBy Scott Jaschik. Sweet Briar College, which has generally boasted of a speedy recovery from its near closure in 2015, has been placed on warning status by its accreditor, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. More...

22 juillet 2018

Education Department Watchdog Criticizes Oversight of Accreditors

HomeBy Paul Fain. The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Inspector General last week released the results of an audit on the department's recognition processes for accrediting agencies, which serve as the gatekeepers for federal financial aid. More...

22 juillet 2018

Accreditor Removes N.J. Community College From Probation

HomeBy Paul Fain. Essex County College, a two-year institution located in Newark, N.J., has exited probationary status with its accreditor, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. More...

22 juillet 2018

Russian Agency Revokes Accreditation of Private University

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. A Russian agency has revoked the accreditation of a prestigious private university, the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (logo at right), “in what critics fear could further erode independent education in the country," The Moscow Times reported. The agency found 11 of the institution’s bachelor's and master’s programs to be in violation of state educational standards. More...

24 juin 2018

DeVos reinstated college accreditor over staff objections

University Business Magazine logoEducation Secretary Betsy DeVos disregarded a scathing review by her own staff this spring when she reinstated the watchdog body that had accredited two scandal-scarred for-profit universities whose bankruptcies left tens of thousands of students with worthless degrees and mountains of debt, a new report has revealed. More...

24 juin 2018

Can MPS grads get financial aid without accreditation?

University Business Magazine logoState superintendent Eric Mackey said the state is trying to "backtrack" after claims he made following the release of the MPS accreditation report have been refuted by education officials. More...

17 juin 2018

DeVos Brought Back For-Profit Accreditor Her Own Department Faulted

HomeBy Andrew Kreighbaum. The Trump administration on Friday released an internal staff report showing numerous failures at an accrediting body of mostly for-profit colleges whose federal recognition was restored by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos earlier this year. More...

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