Learning & Assessment

Proposal to lift cap on college programs offered through unaccredited entities stirs concerns about giving companies back door to federal student aid.

The Education Department's proposals for upcoming negotiated rule-making process would narrow the responsibilities of accreditors and modify federal definitions for credit hour and distance education.

How do professors respond to regrade requests? One department encourages instructors to pass them up the chain.

College credentialing and degree inflation tend to serve the needs of employers, not students, write Frederick M. Hess and Grant Addison.

Gainful employment remains on the books, but Trump administration says it can't enforce the career-education rule because another federal agency won't release data on graduates' earnings.

Computer science students at the University of California, Berkeley, are frustrated with a malfunctioning autograding system.

An investigation into a Texas community college found that administrators improperly changed nursing students' grades from failing to passing.

New study says the evolving economy creates a greater need for their skills, but that many colleges could do better at thinking about what graduates can do and helping them translate that into jobs.