Accreditation

Investigation found that staff members improperly handled financial aid funds and changed student grades.

The governor’s heavy involvement in public college and university boards gives Southern quality-assurance agency pause.

City College of San Francisco is struggling with money woes, dwindling enrollment and a long-running accreditation crisis, but many in the state say the college is changing for the better.

Southern accreditor puts 10 colleges on probation, including Louisville for its governance problems, several for-profit art schools for financial woes and new University of Texas campus for an array of shortcomings.

The new federal authority over accreditation and the central focus on consumer protection will have drawbacks for accreditors, higher education and students, writes Judith Eaton.

Investors fret that the Education Department's lengthy scrutiny of the U of Phoenix's proposed sale means the deal might be nixed. Politics and optics might be reasons for the delay.

A random review finds five of 10 institutions fell short on backing up claims about graduates' job placement success.

Group of colleges releases voluntarily standards for competency-based education, which Education Department official says could help prevent the rise of bad actors.