Project 2025 Would Radically Overhaul Higher Ed. Here’s How

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Project 2025 Would Radically Overhaul Higher Ed. Here’s How (Inside Higher Ed, July 11, 2024) The document’s Education Department chapter includes proposals calling for dismantling the Department of Education. It details plans to overhaul the accreditation system. Under the plan, Congress would pass legislation prohibiting accreditors from requiring institutions to set DEI policies. States would be allowed to authorize accrediting agencies and serve as accreditors themselves.

Accreditor Takes a Step Toward Shorter Bachelor’s Programs (HLC.com, July 2024) In response to growing interest among institutions and other higher education stakeholders in reduced-credit bachelor’s degree programs, the accreditor, Higher Learning Commission is developing guidelines for higher education institutions interested in offering bachelor’s degrees that take less than 120 credits to complete.

Northern Kentucky University President Testifies on DEI Being Tied to Accreditation Success (LinKY, July 17, 2024) Northern Kentucky University president Dr. Cady Short-Thompson told a state legislative committee investigating DEI in postsecondary education that the university’s regional accreditation is tied to “expectations” of diversity, equity, and inclusion. 

Fulbright HBCU International Education Administrators (IEA) Award Announced (Inside Higher Ed, Opinion, July 2, 2024) The Council for Higher Education Accreditation is pleased to share the news that the Fulbright HBCU International Education Administrators (IEA) Award recently announced that it is providing an exclusive opportunity for senior-level administrators and international education staff from HBCUs to attend the fully funded, two-week intensive seminar. Refer to this link – Fulbright IEA Award – for additional information.