The announcement comes as the accrediting agency faces growing scrutiny on several fronts.

Inside Higher Ed reports.

Head of embattled for-profit-college accrediting agency resigns

The head of an embattled national accrediting organization that oversees many for-profit colleges has resigned, the group announced in a statement Monday.

Albert Gray, who was president and chief executive officer of the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools for seven years, will no longer lead the organization. The ACICS Board of Directors said in a statement that Anthony S. Bieda, the group’s vice president of external affairs, will oversee day-to-day operations as the board conducts a search for a new president and CEO.

“This council takes the concerns raised by a variety of external stakeholders very seriously,” Lawrence Leak, the board’s chair, said in a statement. “The assurance of quality and integrity of private postsecondary education by ACICS will become stronger and more effective in light of these concerns.”