Governance

National accreditor ACCSC gets inquiries from nearly 300 colleges overseen by ACICS, most of them for-profits. Critics of accreditors will be watching as the agency reviews the flood of applications.

“I just wonder how long we can go,” one faculty member at the financially struggling public university says.

Students and faculty members rally against appointment of a politician as next president of Kennesaw State, in part because of his anti-gay record.

Survey of presidents and trustees shows they value relationships with faculty members and want to improve them, but within some limits.

Kentucky's governor improperly served as "judge, jury and executioner" in abolishing University of Louisville's Board of Trustees, a state court finds.

Peter Eckel and Cathy Trower describe the wrong questions that boards often ask themselves -- as well as those they should ask but frequently don't.

The University of Colorado's board hangs in the balance as candidates debate funding, climate change and academic freedom in hopes of winning election.

Responding to sharp criticism, regional accrediting agencies will focus extra attention on institutions with below-average performance.