U.S. Department of Education Expands Accreditation Options for Colleges and Universities

Excerpt:  “Today, the U.S. Department of Education announced initial actions to comply with President Trump’s Executive Order, Reforming Accreditation to Strengthen Higher Education, which instructed the Department to allow institutions to more freely change accreditors and begin reviewing new accreditors. In response, the Department published a Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) informing institutions of higher education that they will no longer have to undergo a lengthy process before changing an accreditor. The Department also lifted the Biden Administration’s moratorium on accepting and reviewing applications for initial recognition of potential new accreditors and notified one applicant that its petition is no longer paused and will be reviewed.”