The battle between a national accrediting organization overseeing many for-profit colleges and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is now making its way through federal court. Read more...

American Indian College, which describes itself as the nation's only private college for Native American students, will teach out its 91 students and close its doors after having its accreditation withdrawn by the Higher Learning Commission, the Phoenix institution's president said Monday. Read more...

The nation's largest regional accreditor is giving colleges more time to meet an updated requirement on dual enrollment instructors. Read more...

By Michael Stratford. The embattled accrediting organization that oversees California’s community colleges should lose some of its existing authority and not be allowed to expand its jurisdiction, the U.S. Department of Education’s accreditation unit has recommended. Read more...

By Doug Lederman. Association leader says accreditors could discourage politicians' focus on economic-driven measure of quality if they jointly embraced indicators of student learning. Read more...

By Andy Thomason. Responding to recent government actions on accreditation, the president of the Association of American Colleges and Universities on Wednesday issued a lengthy statement calling for several changes in the much-maligned arm of higher education. More...

By Charles Huckabee. The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges voted on Monday to oust the controversial commission that accredits the system’s colleges, according to reports by the San Francisco Chronicle and the Los Angeles Times. More...