November 27, 2024
Trump’s Necessary War On The Pro-Marxist College Accreditation System
By Molly Slag
As is well-known, politics is the art of influencing behavior. As is also well-known, America’s institutions of higher education uniformly behave with a political orientation that renders them exponents of leftism, socialism, communism, and antisemitism.
President-Elect Donald Trump is determined to extinguish that behavior. He’s identified a vehicle for doing so, too: The role played by educational accreditation agencies for colleges and universities under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-329).
Under the HEA, the Department of Education approves accrediting agencies that the Secretary of Education determines to be reliable authorities regarding the quality of education or training institutions of higher education provide. The Department then publishes a list of nationally recognized accrediting agencies.
Trump has clearly stated his plans for Higher Ed accreditation:
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/11/trump_s_necessary_war_on_the_pro_marxist_college_accreditation_system.html
