Accreditation

The Commission for Public Higher Education—an aspiring college accreditor— announced Thursday that it has voted to give Florida Polytechnic University...

The Education Department’s accreditation advisory committee recommended stripping the accreditor of federal recognition. But senior officials stopped short of that recommendation.

Some experts say it’s an effort to crack down on the association’s violation of antitrust laws and ensure an intellectually diverse workforce. Others say it’s driven by politics, culture wars and the desire for power.

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.”

Five independent colleges said Tuesday that they are joining the National Association for Academic Excellence, a new accreditor, as founding...

Tennessee opened the door to new law school accreditors while continuing to allow graduates of both state-approved and American Bar...

But, the panel also didn't make a decision about the status of the law school accreditor, deadlocking once again on the issue.

The decision comes a month after Trump’s staff first recommended the ABA accreditation council’s denial.