Apr 23, 2025 · Trump's executive order is the opening salvo in what could be a lengthy battle to overhaul the accrediting industry. Chief among his priorities is to strip accreditors of DEI requirements imposed ...

Apr 23, 2025 · President Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order targeting college accreditors, a group of largely unknown but long-established companies that evaluate the educational quality and financial ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has ordered sharper scrutiny of America’s colleges and the accreditors that oversee them, part of his escalating campaign to end what he calls " wokeness ” and diversity efforts in education.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has ordered sharper scrutiny of America’s colleges and the accreditors that oversee them, part of his escalating campaign to end what he calls “wokeness” and...

Apr 23, 2025 · HOLDING ACCREDITORS ACCOUNTABLE: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to overhaul the higher education accreditation system, ensuring colleges and universities deliver...

Apr 24, 2025 · President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order to reform college accreditation, in part by targeting efforts to boost intellectual diversity and forbid accreditors from requiring ...

In the executive order, Trump calls on the Education Department and the attorney general to step up enforcement of the law and take action against colleges that violate it, including a cutoff...

Apr 25, 2025 · President Donald Trump on April 23 signed several executive orders related to higher education. One executive order, Reforming Accreditation to Strengthen Higher Education, directs the secretary of the U.S. Department of Education to take action against accreditors who violate federal law, including by requiring schools or programs to “engage in unlawful discrimination in accreditation ...

Apr 23, 2025 · President Donald Trump took aim at college accreditors in an executive order signed Wednesday that targets two accrediting agencies for investigation and suggests others could lose federal recognition altogether.

President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday to shake up the arcane but pivotal world of college accreditation, a move Trump has called his “secret weapon” in his bid to remake...