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Inside the Oversight of a Questionable Institution
The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools seeks a second chance. Over the years it's accredited some questionable institutions that have been likened to visa mills.
Private Lenders Eye Graduate Loan Market
Private-sector companies say they're ready to expand footprint in student loan market (again) as they push for new caps on federal lending to graduate students.
Conservative Voices Welcome at Brown
While the university has been known as a place where students shouted down a speaker, administrators are trying to shake that image, and a new student group has launched to diversify the types of speakers who visit.
New U.S. Approach on Delinquent Borrowers
The Department of Education told a federal judge Thursday that it would terminate a January contract award to two debt...
NCAA Finds Violations at 3 Institutions
Infractions committees in all three National College Athletic Association divisions have imposed punishments in recent weeks, on sports programs at...
Student Newspaper Accused of Being Pornographic
The Foghorn News, the student newspaper at Del Mar College, is being accused of running pornography, McClatchy News reported. At...
Protest at Swarthmore Over Title IX Issues
Several hundred students at Swarthmore College, some of them engaged in a sit-in, have this week been protesting the college's...
Academic Minute: A Different View of Mental Health Disorders
Today on the Academic Minute, Sabine Huemer, visiting assistant professor at Whittier College, examines autism from an inclusive viewpoint to...