The Department of Education is forming a negotiated rulemaking committee to write new accrediting regulations and make it easier for new accreditors to become approved.

ED officials have said for months that they want to tackle the regulations governing accreditors. A Monday announcement ...

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Legislation passed out of an Iowa House subcommittee Thursday would have the state’s public universities seek accreditation ...

Lawmakers should decouple accreditation from federal financing, lower caps on student lending, phase out the Parent PLUS program, and wind down loan forgiveness. Reforms proposed by the Trump ...