For-profit colleges

Federal spending on the biggest student grant program surprisingly declines by $2.2 billion, even as numbers of recipients increased. But a sword still hangs over the program.

Strayer offers big new scholarships, with tuition savings of as much as 30 percent. Will for-profits begin discounting tuition to cope with declining enrollment and federal scrutiny?

Senator Harkin's two-year investigation of for-profit higher education ends, but the policy battle is far from over. What comes next?

Western accreditor's decision to let a for-profit company buy a struggling nonprofit college suggests path is still possible when missions align.

WASC nixes Ashford University's accreditation bid, dealing blow to for-profit Bridgepoint Inc. and signaling that accreditors may take a more aggressive stance with for-profit sector.

In wake of for-profit colleges' court victory on "gainful employment" rules, will Education Department appeal or just revise rules -- and snare more institutions in the process?

Federal court finds that Education Dept. lacked adequate justification for one key measure in new regulations.

In the first result of a multistate investigation into for-profit colleges, state attorneys general announce a settlement -- with a marketing company.

Education Department releases data showing how vocational programs performed in the first year of the "gainful employment" metric. Five percent of programs -- all at for-profit colleges -- fell short of the targets.

Founder of UT-Austin's community college leadership program, the field's big fish, is moving to a for-profit, fueling worries about the future of the program's affiliates, NISOD and CCCSE.