Florida Accreditation Bill Signed Into Law

HEADLINES

Gov. DeSantis Signs Higher Education Reform Bill Dealing With Accreditation, Tenure (News4Jax, April 19, 2022) "Saying organizations that accredit colleges and universities have an 'inordinate amount of power,' Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Tuesday that will force schools to periodically change accreditors."

What's Going On With ACICS? (Politico "Weekly Education", April 18, 2022) "The Biden administration has been deliberating for nearly 10 months over a final decision on the fate of a controversial accreditor of for-profit colleges — and progressive critics of the accreditor are getting impatient."

NIC Remains Accredited, But Receives a Stern Warning (Idaho Ed News, April 5, 2022) “North Idaho College will remain accredited — but a regional review body has issued a warning to the Coeur d’Alene community college. In a letter, the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities cited several problems at NIC, a reflection of the college’s dysfunctional and divided board of trustees.

This New Organization Wants to Accredit Career Education (Higher Ed Dive, March 25, 2022) "A new nonprofit organization, the Workforce Talent Educators Association, is attempting to use the accreditation model to push for strong career education programs and degrees — and to serve as a stamp of quality for them."