Governance

In redesign of accreditation process, Western agency will publish reports on colleges and require institutions to define graduates' "levels of proficiency" -- but proposals to compel peer comparisons face pushback.

Faculty members at community college in Texas are upset because they fear that district wants to do away with tenure; it has already instituted new rule to punish professors who grumble.

In draft report, U.S. accreditation panel stops short of recommending ending link between agencies' judgments and access to federal student aid, but suggests how such a system could work.

Luzerne County Community College is on probation with its accreditor, in part because of concerns about leadership. But the president, who was hired without a search, may have his contract renewed.

After several college presidents declined bonuses in light of the economic downturn, criticism has begun to mount against those who kept the money.

E-mails show Toledo president and provost plotting a dean's dismissal in blunt terms, while criticizing the faculty who called for his ouster.

Some U. of California academic senators are poised to remove chairman, but their ability to do so is unclear.