Lamar Alexander, himself a former education secretary, vows legislation if department overreaches on accreditation.
A standards-based peer review process for study abroad programs that looks a bit like accreditation (but isn't) prepares to launch.
U.S. advisory panel on accreditation votes to strip recognition from New England vocational agency and takes harder line broadly.
U.S. negotiating session on accreditation ends in a whimper, with panelists not even agreeing to disagree.
Spending bill passed by House panel would restrict Education Department from pursuing changes in federal accreditation rules.
Law school accrediting group can't agree on plan to end rules on terms of employment.
Letter from lawmakers urges education secretary not to propose changes in U.S. rules governing accreditation.
Legislation would replace U.S. advisory panel on accreditation with alternative; lawmakers divided on extent of cuts to lenders.
Southern association moves to revoke small North Carolina college's approval and places four others on probation.
Education secretary upholds limited recognition of law school accreditor, but reinstates scrutiny of its standard on admissions diversity.
