accreditation process in executive order
US President Donald Trump targeted the college accreditation process in a new executive order signed on Wednesday, The Hill reported. College accreditation is the process that universities must go through to receive federal financial aid.
White House staff secretary Will Scharf said, “University accreditation is currently a process controlled by a number of third-party organisations that are, by statute, by law. Many of those third-party accreditors have relied on a sort of woke ideology to accredit universities instead of accrediting based on merit and performance.”
The executive order’s text is not out yet. However, The Hill reported that a report from The Wall Street Journal claimed that Trump seeks to use the process to remove what he considers “ideological overreach” and increase “intellectual diversity” on campus. As per the report, the order will enable colleges to switch accreditors easily and encourage more competition in the accreditor space. Accreditors have a variety of benchmarks that schools need to meet, including admissions to what classes they offer. — ANI
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