By Paul Fain. The Century Foundation on Wednesday published a report that is critical of state policies that link funding of public colleges with measures of their performance, such as graduation rates and degree production numbers. Read more...

By Paul Fain. This spring 18.3 million students enrolled in college, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, a decline of 1.3 percent compared to last spring. Read more...

By Paul Fain. Moody's, the credit ratings agency, this week said it changed its financial outlook to negative for three of the seven public universities in Kansas. Read more...

By Paul Fain. The Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities (APSCU) has changed its name to Career Education Colleges and Universities. Read more...

By Paul Fain. A new web tool will provide information about the expected return on investment for degrees and certificates earned at public institutions in Colorado. The Colorado version of the site, dubbed Launch My Career, went live on Thursday. Read more...

By Paul Fain. Hard data on which students are failing to use learning management software can help colleges intervene to boost retention rates. Read more...

By Paul Fain. Education Department unveils draft regulations for borrowers seeking federal debt forgiveness, which include an end to mandatory arbitration agreements and requirements for some for-profits to be on the hook to pay for debt relief. Read more...

By Paul Fain. Education Department staff proposes termination for ACICS, threatening access to federal aid for the 243 institutions -- many of them for-profit -- the national accreditor oversees. Read more...

By Paul Fain. The Education Department has created new data reports on the performance of accrediting agencies, using measures such as graduation and loan repayment rates at colleges the agencies oversee. Read more...

By Paul Fain. An analysis of key actions 10 institutional accrediting agencies took over five years found a "highly uneven and inconsistent system of sanctions." The report from the Center for American Progress. Read more...