Source: The Hill
Accreditation agencies will no longer be required to inform students when their schools are having accreditation issues, as a result of a new policy implemented by the Education Department.
The new policy will go into effect next year in July.
Schools will have an extension to four years, up from what has traditionally been two, to address their accreditation issues.
Many are criticizing the new rule as a way to make it easier for schools to not be properly accredited, at the cost of students attending those schools.
But Education Secretary Betsy Devos is defending the move, saying, “Accreditation has played a role in the bloat that has taken place in higher education administration, and it is time to right-size bureaucracy and allow institutions to redirect their resources to students and teaching.”
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