President Trump enacted an executive order aiming at educational accreditors, targeting their diversity, equity, and inclusion standards. He accused these entities of failing to ensure adequate educational quality and accountability, asserting they fostered poor graduation rates and student debt. Moreover, Trump proposed that his administration would accept applications for new accrediting bodies, arguing for the imposition of stricter standards. Accrediting organizations and experts criticized this order, stating it misrepresents their efforts and undermines the critical role they play in safeguarding educational integrity.
"Accrediting agencies are instrumental to promoting quality assurance and protecting student and taxpayer investments in higher education," said Heather Perfetti, addressing the importance of quality assurance in accreditation.
Trump's directive accused accreditors of failing to hold institutions accountable for mediocre graduation rates and for leaving students with 'enormous debt,' creating a controversial discourse.
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