Higher-education leaders Friday backed a plan to form a new accrediting agency that Florida will help fund and oversee with ...

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A major shift could be coming to the way public universities are held accountable. Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced the creation of a new college accrediting body.It's a move that could shake up how ...

The change, in part, broadened the geographic areas that accreditation agencies can serve. “In this period of 10 years (or) whenever their accreditation is up, they would have to go to a ...

The board overseeing Florida's public universities is set to vote Friday afternoon on whether to create a new accreditor. Five other southern states are on board ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced the formation of a new higher-education accrediting body, the Commission for Public Higher Education, in collaboration with university leaders from five other ...

The U.S. Department of Education warned Florida governor Ron DeSantis that if the state implements a law to require colleges and universities to change accreditors with every accreditation cycle, it ...

Learn more in The N&O’s higher ed newsletter about the latest developments in the UNC System’s push to establish a new ...

Reform is coming to higher education in Florida after Gov. DeSantis signed SB 7044 into law. The bill makes a series of updates to tenure review, accreditation. Skip Navigation ...

The big story: Florida Republican lawmakers and Gov. Ron DeSantis have pushed for a couple of years to change the way the state’s universities are accredited. Their concerns center on actions by ...

The U.S. Department of Education has warned Florida officials, in a letter sent on Thursday, that forcing the state’s public colleges to seek new accreditation, as required under a bill passed ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (News Service of Florida) — The Florida Senate on Monday passed a measure that would require state colleges and universities to change accrediting organizations at the end of ...