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The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS), the country's largest college accrediting agency, is being threatened with losing its ability to determine which schools can grant degrees and receive federal student aid. 

The digital age has proven to be quite a challenge for the security of SAT test. As cheating scandals pop up, many are reconsidering the college admissions process.

Let’s say you’re a college professor. You’ve got your tweed jacket, you’ve set up your lectern, and you’re all ready to fill young minds with knowledge. Now… what books do you teach?

Following a unanimous decision by its Board of Directors, the University of Massachusetts announced Wednesday it will divest its endowment from direct holdings in fossil fuels.

The Obama administration has unveiled its new overtime rule, which will make more than four million workers eligible for extra pay. The rule would have big implications for employees at colleges and universities, and college presidents worry it carries unintended consequences.

A new report published Tuesday is encouraging community colleges and four-year universities to help more students earn bachelor's degrees.

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh has been pushing his new plan to make two years of community college free for some Boston Public School graduates. But few students will be eligible for the program.

Public research universities educate 75 percent of all undergraduates in this country. But over the past decade, state appropriations to flagship research universities have plummeted 34 percent. Now public research universities have found an unlikely advocate.

Responding to student activists who say divestment from fossil fuel companies would address global climate change, administrators at the University of Massachusetts are pledging to advocate for divestment.

Thousands of students who attended what was once one of this country's largest for-profit colleges now have a clear path to debt relief. The U.S. Education Department on Friday announced it will forgive federal student loans for many students who enrolled at Corinthian Colleges.