Accreditation is a big deal to American Universities (and at least one Canadian one). An unaccredited university does not have access to the same federal funding opportunities. This is viewed in some circles as unfair, and in this report the American Enterprise Institute recommends that "states should drop accreditation requirements for new and existing colleges that otherwise satisfy the conditions for state authorization." The thing is, whether other entities - including those around the world - aren't really concerned about state requirements. The accreditation board rulings are legitimate not simply because the says they are, but because they properly assess whether a school's degrees are worth the paper they're printed on. Remove the accreditation and the degree will not be recognized beyond the state where it was issued. Still, if implemented nationally, such a measure would undercut the value proposition of most American educational institutions, and create a crisis in the sector overnight. Via HESA's Friday Fifteen.
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