The Newest Under-the-Radar Attack on Academic Freedom

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The Newest Under-the-Radar Attack on Academic Freedom (The Daily Beast, August 14, 2023) The legislative war on college and university free speech has sadly become a persistent feature of the policymaking process in statehouses across the country. Accrediting agencies are now the target of the latest attacks on campus free expression. Seven regional accreditation agencies exist to ensure a basic standard of educational quality and to core principles like graduation rates, curricular standards, and institutional management, and ensure that colleges and universities protect the academic freedom of faculty and resist undue political interference from the government.

These Tips Can Help You Tell if an Online Degree Program is the Real Deal - and Save You Money (Eyewitness News ABC 13, August 14, 2023) If you're thinking about taking classes online for your career or personal reasons, you'll want to make sure you don't waste your time or hard-earned money on a program that's not legitimate. There are certain agencies, like the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, where you can check to make sure a public or private university is accredited.

New Guidance Directs Accreditors to Clean Up Complaint Policies (Inside Higher Ed, August 9, 2023) In new guidance released last week, the U.S. Education Department clarified how college accrediting agencies should handle complaints about institutions. 

U.S. Panel Wants Higher Ed Accreditors to ‘Step Up’ (Inside Higher Ed, August 7, 2023) After years of discussions over whether college accreditors should have bright-line metrics to gauge college performance, a federal advisory committee declined to pick a side in a new report that makes several recommendations on how to clean up or improve accreditation rules.