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Online Course Provider Shops More Affordable College Credits
TEL Education partners with institutions to offer high school students a low-cost way to start their college careers. Critics worry about quality and transferability.
An Enrollment Surge, a Decline in Quality—and a Sharp Rebuke
Eastern Gateway Community College offered free courses to union members, and enrollment skyrocketed. But the institution’s accreditor put the college on probation, saying the rapid growth hurt the education offered.
In Conflict Over Theology and Governance, an Accreditor Steps In
Accreditor places Southwest Baptist University on probation, finding the board’s actions raised questions about its ability to act in the best interest of the institution and that the climate for academic freedom had been eroded.
A New Push to Create a 3-Year Degree Option
Higher education thought leaders and colleges are working together to create a three-year bachelor’s degree program that will offer all the value of a four-year degree—for less cost.
An Accreditor Goes Deeper on Data
Western accrediting agency’s new database, tapping into wide swath of federal information, better enables public scrutiny of the performance of the colleges it monitors.
For-Profit Accreditor Scrapes by Advisory Committee
Some members of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity wanted to renew the accrediting agency for as little as one year, but a lack of accreditor criteria on student outcomes let ACCSC off the hook -- for now.
Minerva, Higher Ed Outsider, Is Now Fully Accredited
The unabashed “Ivy League alternative,” birthed from an investor-backed start-up, gains a very traditional stamp of approval.
A Year of Probation
Campus leaders at Florida Memorial University hope to improve finances and increase enrollment after accreditors put the institution on probation.