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A Planned Intellectual Diversity Accreditation Standard Draws Opposition
The American Association of University Professors president told the Commission on Colleges and Universities that institutions shouldn’t “be expected to prioritize intellectual pluralism on settled scholarly questions.”
5 Colleges Sign On as Founding Members of New Accreditor
Five independent colleges said Tuesday that they are joining the National Association for Academic Excellence, a new accreditor, as founding...
Tennessee Looks Beyond ABA for Law School Accreditation
Tennessee opened the door to new law school accreditors while continuing to allow graduates of both state-approved and American Bar...
ED Accreditation Committee Recommends Suspending APA
But, the panel also didn't make a decision about the status of the law school accreditor, deadlocking once again on the issue.
Accreditor Panel Tables Vote on ABA Recognition
The decision comes a month after Trump’s staff first recommended the ABA accreditation council’s denial.
Higher Ed Groups Push Back on Trump’s New Accreditation Rule
The president wants to reshape the accreditation system. Commenters argued that his administration’s plans violate federal law.
Opinion
When Accreditation Becomes Everything, It Stops Being Accreditation
A proposed Department of Education rule would change the purpose of accreditation and risk rendering it less effective.
U of Austin Won’t Seek ABA Accreditation for Legal Program
The University of Austin, a five-year-old institution founded by CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss and others, says it...