U.S. and Accreditors Reach Impasse After 2nd Negotiating Round

The Education Department finished a second round of negotiations with accreditors and college officials last week, with little agreement to show for it.

Negotiators remained deadlocked over the two main areas of controversy: government proposals to require accreditors to set standards for what students should learn and to make it harder for colleges to reject credits that transfer students earn at institutions without regional accreditation.

In fact, with only one more

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