The Fight To Discredit the ‘Accreditation Cartel,’ a Quiet Force Pushing Campus Politics to the Left

The state of Florida is suing an accrediting agency it says is wielding unconstitutional authority over college campuses.

Nathan March/New College of Florida
The campus of New College of Florida at Sarasota. Nathan March/New College of Florida
M.J. KOCH
M.J. KOCH

In the political fray over the future of higher education, one critical authorizing power is potentially wielding more influence over campuses today than students, professors, administrators, and even university presidents — the gatekeepers of federal student aid, higher education accreditors.

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