Accreditation

The institution’s sudden shutdown has prompted its accreditor to step in and help guide students—and inspired legislation on college financial transparency.

After the Philadelphia institution announced a sudden closure Friday, a Temple University trustee floated the idea of a merger. But what led it to close in the first place?

Middle States pulled its accreditation on Friday, saying institution had violated its standards by failing to prepare teach-out plan, among other breaches.

The Middle States Commission on Higher Education warns of “misleading information” circulating about the Pennsylvania institution’s dire straits. Students can’t be sure their college will exist come fall.

A group of college leaders strategize about how to design a new undergraduate experience—and get an unexpected boost from an accreditor.