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Outside the Lines
Largely unregulated for-profit vocational colleges, which can't receive federal student aid, collect 40 percent of military spouse tuition benefits.
No Overhaul of Accreditation
Federal panel appears to have rejected idea of decoupling accreditation and financial aid eligibility, favoring less-dramatic changes to quality assurance system.
Mergers and Apprehension
Connecticut is merging higher education systems to save money and improve degree production. The still-forming board is working to convince community colleges they won't get lost in the shuffle.
All Aboard
An influential foundation says Massachusetts' community colleges need to do better on workforce development, and calls for more direct oversight by the state.
Raising the Bar on Quality Assurance
In redesign of accreditation process, Western agency will publish reports on colleges and require institutions to define graduates' "levels of proficiency" -- but proposals to compel peer comparisons face pushback.
New Battle of the Alamo
Faculty members at community college in Texas are upset because they fear that district wants to do away with tenure; it has already instituted new rule to punish professors who grumble.
Quality Assurance, Rearranged
In draft report, U.S. accreditation panel stops short of recommending ending link between agencies' judgments and access to federal student aid, but suggests how such a system could work.
Renew or Dismiss?
Luzerne County Community College is on probation with its accreditor, in part because of concerns about leadership. But the president, who was hired without a search, may have his contract renewed.