Text on Path problem

In recent years, I'm finding quite a few problems.  This one is a change in behavior regarding text on a path.

This is how it used to be.  Draw a circle.  Add text to it so you have text on path.  At this point, I could take the Direct Selectio tool and option click just the path, then switch to the Selection Tool. When I switch to the regular selection tool, I would get the handles that would allow me to resize the selected shape.  The difference is that now when you select the regular selection tool, you don't get the editing handles, so you can't resize, or reshape the path that the text is on.  I mean, you can still manipulate the path by using the direct select tool, but I would do something like proportionately stretch the circle horizontally, or vertically.  I can still do it by typing in the transform tab but it's not something I've had to do before.