Accreditation

Southern New Hampshire U's College for America releases a promising early snapshot of the general-education learning and skills of students who are enrolled in a new form of competency-based education.

The Education Department says it's going to get tougher with college accreditors. But are those federally recognized watchdogs too big to fail?

Obama administration announces modest executive actions aimed at forcing accreditors to focus more on student outcomes -- and urges Congress to impose more sweeping changes.

Lawmakers are looking at how accreditors judge the quality and financial stability of colleges.

The Obama administration will help some high school students pay for college courses while still in high school by allowing limited access to Pell Grants.

Recent studies to the contrary, most colleges and schools don't spend very much on process of ensuring students get the best education possible, write Belle S. Wheelan and Mark A. Elgart.

Skills Fund wants to be both a private lender and new form of accreditor for the rapidly expanding boot camp sector, with a heavy focus on students' return on investment.