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jbeowulf.bsky.social • 8 days ago

A few new accreditors want federal recognition.
Their leaders are tied to predatory for-profit colleges, some of which defrauded students. My latest: https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/edcentral/meet-the-would-be-accreditors-tied-to-predatory-for-profit-colleges/

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stephabaker.bsky.social•5 days ago

@jbeowulf.bsky.social here’s a thought I hadn’t had til reading this - re: ‘intellectual diversity’ as an accreditation standard, are they suggesting faculty will forced to out their political views to university leadership?

jbeowulf.bsky.social•5 days ago

The Trump administration definitely wants to see more conservative voices in academe. One of the conditions it tried to impose on Harvard was “viewpoint diversity” in its hiring. https://www.harvard.edu/research-funding/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2025/04/Letter-Sent-to-Harvard-2025-04-11.pdf

stephabaker.bsky.social•5 days ago

I’m just imagining being faculty and some Dean coming to my office saying Hey I need you to tell me if you’re liberal or conservative so I can complete our accreditation app 😳

jbeowulf.bsky.social•5 days ago

It wanted Harvard to hire an auditor who would identity the departments that lacked viewpoint diversity. And if they did then they needed to “be reformed by hiring a critical mass of new faculty,” the administration said.

erickelderman.bsky.social•7 days ago

Good piece, Jeremy

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