New Biden decision on independent accreditor

[jimbogumbo]

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/01/25/education-department-staff-recommends-end-acics-recognition

[Hibush]

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/01/25/education-department-staff-recommends-end-acics-recognition

This is the outfit with such lax standards that it even accredits non-existent schools. It is a perfectly designed partner for the grifter "schools" that are primarily vehicles for absorbing student loan money, at the absolute minimum expense. DeVos' Federal endorsement was a trifecta of grift.

[Parasaurolophus]

Sounds like a good move to me! Are there any real downsides?

This is the outfit with such lax standards that it even accredits non-existent schools. It is a perfectly designed partner for the grifter "schools" that are primarily vehicles for absorbing student loan money, at the absolute minimum expense. DeVos' Federal endorsement was a trifecta of grift.

Yeah, this one was a real doozy:

ACICS continued to come under scrutiny after it was accused last year of accrediting Reagan National University in South Dakota, which, according to a USA Today report, has no faculty, staff or classrooms.

Kinda hard to defend that one!