December 14, 2007

Education Department's Moves May Help It Keep Tight Grip on Accreditors

By Paul Basken

Washington

A year of strained relations between accrediting agencies and the Education Department may be ending on a softer note. And that might be enough for the department to retain a key power over accreditors that Congress has threatened to take away.

In the latest sign of accommodation to its critics, the department is planning changes that include a new round of professional training for the 15 members of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, the

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