Trump Administration Plans Shake-Up of College Oversight Rules

The US Department of Education proposed a raft of changes to college oversight guidelines on Monday, moves that would upend the traditional regulatory framework for universities and amplify the Trump administration’s higher education policy agenda.

The shift, laid out in a department memo viewed by Bloomberg, would tie colleges’ federal funding to White House priorities like eradicating DEI initiatives and promoting political diversity among faculty. The proposals include measures to “address the college affordability issue” by cracking down on high tuition rates and requiring accreditors to consider post-graduate earnings when certifying degree programs for federal funding.

They would also ease ...