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Call to Shut Down a Controversial Accreditor Could Shake For-Profit Higher Ed

For more than a year, criticism of the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools has been growing over the poor student outcomes at its member schools and allegations of misconduct against some of those institutions.

Now, the U.S. Department of Education has recommended that the accrediting agency lose its authority as a gatekeeper of federal financial aid.

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