May 11, 2007

Education Department to Push for Major Changes in Accreditation

By PAUL BASKEN

Washington

The U.S. Department of Education, overriding opposition from colleges and accreditors, is pushing ahead with a plan to remake American higher education by requiring that colleges show results if they want to remain eligible for more than $90-billion in federal student aid.

At the end of a three-day session here last month, representatives of colleges and accrediting associations on a negotiating panel refused to accept a crucial part of the department's plan for introducing new

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