The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools has put four small private colleges and one community college on notice, mostly due to financial problems.

The Education Department has created new data reports on the performance of accrediting agencies, using measures such as graduation and loan repayment rates at colleges the agencies oversee.

UCSD accused a student of copying from another person's midterm exam, but officials wouldn't reveal the identity of the other student or whether the two were sitting near each other.

After the State College of Florida replaced a tenure-like system with three-year contracts for all new faculty members, some complained.

Federal panel recommends termination for ACICS, an accreditor of several notorious for-profits, while also tightening the screws on the American Bar Association and other agencies.

Colleges adopted policies to stop the tenure clock to help professors who are new parents, especially mothers. Study suggests fathers may be the real beneficiaries.

Professors at Juniata College struggled to talk about race in class and worried about saying the wrong thing.

The presumptive Democratic nominee for president expands on her higher education agenda with boosts for alternative education providers and technology entrepreneurs.

Colleges expand efforts to raise money from recent graduates.

Even if they could cheat without being penalized, most students will take an honest stab at homework questions, study finds.