The century-old system for oversight of college quality will be in the spotlight this week as the Trump administration considers big changes to college accreditation groups the president calls his “secret weapon” for targeting higher education.
The Education Department Monday will convene a panel of students, higher education institutions, and accreditors for a week-long so-called negotiated rulemaking to weigh the administration’s blueprint for upending how accreditors are regulated.
The administration is looking at the oversight system run by college accreditors to force schools to fall in line with policy priorities such as cracking down on diversity, equity, and inclusion it ...