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Posted on 04/23/2025 9:58:16 PM PDT by Dr. Franklin
President Trump signed an executive order this afternoon that targets the broken college accreditation system.
Basically, colleges and universities become accredited through third-party agencies, which play a big role in determining whether these higher education institutions can receive federal funds.
And, President Trump [requires] these college accrediting agencies to change their criteria to prioritize merit over woke ideologies.
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Colleges and universities are accredited to ensure they meet basic standards by third-party entities, not the federal government, though the Department of Education decides which accrediting agencies to recognize. The accreditation process has broad implications since the government uses it to determine which schools are allowed to participate in federal student aid programs, which distribute billions in student loans and grants.
"The executive order directs the Department of Education to “hold accountable” any college accreditors that “fail to meet the applicable recognition criteria or otherwise violate Federal law” — including by terminating or suspending the accreditors’ federal recognition. It specifically singles out accrediting agencies that require schools to “engage in unlawful discrimination … under the guise of ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ initiatives.” The order also says the Department of Education should start recognizing new college accreditors.
The Trump administration believes accreditation entities have become too focused on “woke ideology” instead of results, White House staff secretary Will Scharf said. The executive order Mr. Trump signed affects law schools and graduate programs as well.
“The basic idea is to force accreditation to be focused on the merit and the actual results that these universities are providing, as opposed to how woke these universities have gotten,” Scharf said ahead of Mr. Trump signing the executive order. “So we’re setting up new accreditation pathways, we’re charging the Department of Education to really look holistically at this accreditation mess and hopefully make it much better.”"
(Excerpt) Read more at wltreport.com ...
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This is awesome
“The executive order directs the Department of Education to “hold accountable” any college accreditors that “fail to meet the applicable recognition criteria or otherwise violate Federal law” — including by terminating or suspending the accreditors’ federal recognition. It specifically singles out accrediting agencies that require schools to “engage in unlawful discrimination … under the guise of ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ initiatives.” The order also says the Department of Education should start recognizing new college accreditors.”
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Harvard did after all sign up for hard ball.
Enough with the EO s already. Work with Congress to get some of what you have done made into law, otherwise the next president can undo everything.
Any GOP rep in Congress can draft legislation making the EO’s permanent. They have yet to do so.
Mr. Smith goes to congress times 635 is what we need.
Free speech thanks to DJT and the internet, election integrity, term limits and no more gravy train. The internet free and unfiltered can beat election tampering big money.
It all depends on unassing those inDC now.
Primary all incumbents, let’s have new blood for the tree of liberty.
The most important reform would be to require colleges to co-sign student loans.
Sorry to say...I HAVEN’T SEEN MICK JOHNSON IN TWO WEEKS...
and I don’t expect to see him or Thune anytime soon...
Ladies and Gents...we have no congress.
I would like to see them receive an A-F grade based on outcomes.
What percentage of admitted students graduate?
What percentage of graduates get jobs in their field upon graduation?
What percentage of graduates earn enough of a salary that they can pay back their loans?
What are the outcomes 10 years after graduation?
How about 20 years after graduation?
Then compare all of these factors to the price of the education to come up with a grade.
The federal government will help fund schools with an A-D grade to varying degrees. The federal government will actively shut down schools with an F grade as predatory institutions.
There should be a value scale on the majors that colleges offer. The hard sciences get a five per credit hour, and the woke social classes get a one or a two. Upon graduation, the hard sciences would have approx a 600 real world value, and the woke majors a 150 score.
And make the woke classes all elective.
I'm not Libertarian on all issues, but this is one they get right.
Trumps every action will now be challenged by left wing or blob NGOs
And will have to be adjudicated thru the courts
Until or unless SCOTUS trims their power or Trump defies them
Alito needs to do a reach out
This could be huge. As were the disparate impact EOs, including re: discipline in public schools.
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