Proposed Complaint Policy Revision
At its September meeting, the Commission gave preliminary approval to revisions to its Policy and Procedures for the Consideration of Complaints against Affiliated Institutions. The proposed revisions to the Complaint […]
NECHE Standards Revision Meetings
Earlier this summer, we shared a draft of the revised 2026 Standards for Accreditation. This Fall the Commission staff will host 2 virtual and 1-in-person meetings to provide feedback on […]
NECHE’s New Frontier
NECHE is leading the way in quality assurance of non-credit programming with its new Recognition Process as featured in Inside Higher Ed.
NECHE 2026 Draft of Revised Standards
The Commission is pleased to share a draft of NECHE’s 2026 Standards for Accreditation. As you may recall, the Commission began its decennial review in June 2024 and, in Fall 2024, […]
USDE Office Of Civil Rights Notifications and NECHE’s Role
As widely noted in the press, Harvard University received a letter on June 30, 2025 from the United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (USDE OCR) notifying the […]
C-RAC Statement on House Accreditation Bill
On June 24, 2025, the Council of Regional Accrediting Commissions (C-RAC) released the following letter to House Committee on Education and Workforce Chair Tim Walberg in response to the Accreditation […]
The President’s FY2026 Budget Request for ED and Other Agencies
On Friday, May 30, the Administration submitted additional materials related to its Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget request to Congress. Attached is a summary and analysis of the portion of […]
C-RAC – FAQs for Students and Institutions of Higher Education about the White House Executive Order on Accreditation
On April 23, the White House issued an executive order (EO) titled “Reforming Accreditation to Strengthen Higher Education.” As a group that represents seven federally recognized institutional accrediting commissions, the […]
Accreditors React to President Trump’s Latest Executive Order Targeting College Oversight
Dr. Heather Perfetti, President of Middle States Commission on Higher Education and Chair of the Council of Regional Accrediting Commissions (C-RAC), today issued the following statement in response to the […]
President Trump’s Initial Executive Orders and Presidential Memoranda (Updated 03-17-2025)
The most recent version of this memorandum was sent on March 10, 2025. Since that time, President Trump has issued additional Executive Orders that address or will have an impact […]
