Trump Officials Warn College Accreditors to Comply With Agenda

The Trump administration’s Education Department warned college accreditors and higher education writ large to get on board with their agenda to put its stamp on the century-old system for oversight of college quality, or “untether” themselves from the federal government.

The administration is looking at the oversight system run by college accreditors to force schools to comply with its policy priorities such as cracking down on diversity, equity, and inclusion it views as discriminatory.

“If a recognized accrediting agency is unwilling to acknowledge the need for change or unwilling to be engaged constructively in reforms to better serve students and ...