CHEA Welcomes Four New Members to its Board of Directors

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CHEA Welcomes Four New Members to its Board of Directors (CHEA.org, July 1, 2024) The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) announced that Jonathan Gueverra, Ed.D., Michael Horowitz, Ph.D., Eduardo M. Ochoa, Ph.D., and DeRionne P. Pollard, Ph.D., have joined CHEA’s Board of Directors. 

Donald Trump’s Secret Weapon to Dismantle American Higher Education  (The Nation, July 5, 2024) Trump plans to weaponize the accreditation process to “reclaim our once great educational institutions from the radical left” and instill conservative values in these independent institutions.

Supreme Court Decision Weakens U.S. Department of Education (Inside Higher Ed, July 2, 2024) Over the last 16 years, both parties' presidential administrations have wielded the Education Department's power to reshape the federal government’s role in higher education. They’ve retooled accreditation rules. What might happen to this Spring’s batch of negotiated rules that deal with accreditation and state authorization is uncertain.

Management by Judiciary (Inside Higher Ed, Opinion, July 2, 2024) Accreditation is the foundation upon which federal monies flow to colleges. The current systems of accreditation—supervised by the Department of Education, which recognizes and empowers accreditors—are already under legal attack and are likely to become targets for further litigation and scrutiny.

Universities Try 3-Year Degrees to Save Students Time and Money (The Daily Montanan, June 30, 2024) Some pioneering state universities are exploring programs that would grant certain bachelor’s degrees in three years. More than a dozen public and private universities are participating in a pilot collaboration called the College-in-3 Exchange to begin considering how they could offer three-year programs. Once created, individual programs need national accreditation and state Board of Higher Education approval.