


Ed Dept flags more issues with for-profit accreditor ACICS
Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Education has found the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, a long-troubled accreditor, out of compliance with several regulations, according to a Federal Register notice filed Wednesday. The agency found...
Ed Dept details colleges’ foreign financial ties in new report
Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Education alleges it unearthed massive, previously unreported financial ties between foreign entities and American colleges, which it says undermine research efforts and national security. The agency released a partially redacted...
Ed Dept civil rights data shows restraint, seclusion, sexual assault on the rise
A bevy of statistics about school enrollment, discipline practices, academic offerings and more from the 2017-18 school year was released by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights as part of the biennial Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC). The...