Accreditation

The private historically black institution in Georgia says it will seek a new accreditor after a federal judge rules that a regional agency can withdraw its stamp of approval, blocking access to federal financial aid.

Trump administration recommends restoring the controversial accreditor of many for-profits, citing a federal court ruling. Meanwhile, ACICS faces questions about its approval of a Danish business school's degree programs.

What students don't immediately know about a college being placed on probation won't hurt them. Will it?

An accreditor places each college of the for-profit Center for Excellence in Higher Education on probation, finding misrepresentations to students and -- at one campus -- discriminatory attitudes toward students.

Q&A with the co-editors of an anthology of essays on accreditation about new challenges for the college oversight bodies.

The role of college oversight bodies is in the spotlight as more large for-profit institutions look to reclassify as nonprofits.

Top Education Department official describes plan to "rethink" higher-education standards through new rule-making process, to be announced today, on accreditation, the credit hour standard, the faculty role online and more.

Nonprofit National University System seeks to expand into online graduate and doctoral programs by buying for-profit Northcentral University.