""I want to start by saying a bold and uncomfortable truth: Accreditation today is no longer a reliable indicator of the gold standard of education," Kent said."
"Kent has previously accused accreditors of failing to hold flailing institutions accountable for poor student outcomes and cast such agencies as "a tool for political and ideological enforcement," and he repeated those themes Tuesday as he laid out plans for the coming accreditation overhaul."
"His rhetoric carried similar refrains to past comments as he railed against what he called the "accreditation-industrial complex." He argued that such agencies have become a monopoly, particularly at the programmatic level, and that they have "have not lived up to their responsibility.""
Nicholas Kent portrays accreditation as fundamentally broken and says current accreditors fail to ensure student success. The administration moved in year one to remove diversity, equity, and inclusion from standards and to shift funding toward new market entrants. Kent accuses accreditors of monopoly behavior, collusion to block competitors, and inadequate accountability for poor outcomes. Kent emphasizes the need for measurable return on investment for students and links falling public approval of higher education to accreditation failures. The Department of Education plans to rewrite accreditation regulations this spring to increase enforcement and market access for new providers.
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