"Robert Eitel is president of the Defense of Freedom Institute, a conservative think tank. Eitel previously served as senior counselor to the Secretary of Education from 2017 through 2020, during the first Trump administration, and as Deputy General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Education from 2005 until 2009. Eitel has a background in for-profit education, serving past stints at for-profit college operators Bridgepoint Education Inc. and Career Education Corp."
"Steven Taylor is the policy director and senior fellow in economic mobility at Stand Together Trust. Taylor also serves on the State Council for Higher Education for Virginia. His past posts include almost six years at the American Council on Education. Taylor has argued that the current accreditation model needs an overhaul and "rewards compliance over performance, fails to track outcomes, and leaves students burdened with debt and weak returns""
"Jay Greene is a senior research fellow for the Center for Education Policy at the Heritage Foundation. Greene previously taught at the University of Arkansas, University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Houston and also worked for The Manhattan Institute for a decade. He is a school choice advocate and frequent critic of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives."
Education Secretary Linda McMahon appointed five new members to the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI), with a sixth member expected later. Appointees include Robert Eitel, president of the Defense of Freedom Institute and former Department of Education deputy general counsel with for-profit education experience; Joshua Figueira, deputy general counsel at Brigham Young University-Idaho; Jay Greene, Heritage Foundation senior research fellow and school-choice advocate critical of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives; and Steven Taylor, policy director at Stand Together Trust who calls for accreditation overhaul and outcome-based accountability.
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