Misrepresenting Accreditation: A Q&A with Melissa Ryan
Disinformation expert Melissa Ryan discusses how right-wing sources create fact-distorting campaigns around educati...
Accountability in Higher Education
The Future of Accreditation: A Q&A with Jan Friis
Jan Friis of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, CHEA, walks through policy changes coming down to accr...
Why Accreditation Exists: A Q&A with Antoinette Flores
Antoinette Flores, director of higher education accountability at New Americ...
How the Right Twists Accreditation
Right-wing media often misrepresent accreditation, amplifying political attacks and fueling confusion about a highe...
Accreditation 101
What is college accreditation? This explainer breaks down how it works, why it exists, and its role in higher educa...
A Trump Official’s Thin Legal Case Against Accreditors’ DEI Policies
The Education Department is misapplying a Supreme Court ruling to force accreditors to drop DEI standards.
It’s Time for Cities and Higher Education to Join Forces on Effective AI, Experts Say
Route Fifty covered RethinkAI’s piece calling on cities and academic institutions to partner on a mutual goal: adopting AI for the pub...
Same Name, Different Bill
A last-minute rewrite of the Understanding the True Cost of College Act guts mandatory financial aid transparency.
The House’s Financial Aid “Confusion” Act
A House proposal claims to clarify college costs, but by avoiding a standardized financial aid offer it could leave students more confused.
The Cost of Beauty: Inside the Broken Promise of Cosmetology School
Through three students’ experiences, we uncover how cosmetology education exploits passion and labor, leaving beauty workers behind.