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A memorandum of understanding between the two schools paves the way to create the Pine Manor Institute for Student Success at Boston College. Once established, the institute will coordinate Boston College's approach to first-generation and low-income students, the prime demographic served by Pine Manor for more than a decade.

We need to hold accreditors more accountable for whether they are really protecting quality or whether they are just protecting the survival of their own institutions.

<p>The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools used to keep a low profile while verifying the academic integrity of schools in their region. But their region includes Texas and Florida. </p>

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools has been a frequent target in the partisan fight over higher ed. Its struggles could hold lessons for other agencies under lawmakers’ scrutiny. College accreditors became the latest target of conservatives’ efforts to upend higher education when former president—and 2024 presidential candidate—Donald Trump last week announced his plan to “fire” the agencies. His charge: the accreditors have failed to protect students from the “Marxis...

Education officials in Florida have been meeting with agencies as they seek a new accreditor for state colleges and universities. A lengthy and expensive process awaits.

James Manford Brittingham Jr., 90, of Millsboro, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, at home with his family by his side. Jim was born in Dagsboro Sept. 28, 1932, to the late James Manford Brittingham Sr. and Mary Lewis Brittingham. In addition to...

The bill under review also contains a clause allowing institutions to sue their accreditors if they are “negatively impacted by retaliatory action.” That could scare off potential accrediting agencies.

A framework developed to identify the riskiest colleges for veterans could be a model for state regulators and accreditors to spot colleges that could close or harm students.

Gov. Chris Sununu says New Hampshire must move quickly to “get ahead of the crisis that is coming" to its public university and community college systems. “Where we are today is where we’ve been for 20 years and it is a dying system,” he said of the current status of the University System of New Hampshire and the Community College System of New Hampshire. “Both of these systems will fail if some sort of significant change isn’t made.” "Enrollment continues to decline in both of t...