Statement on U.S. Education Department Staff Recommendation to Terminate ACICS Accreditation Authority

“Yesterday’s recommendation from staff at the Education Department only affirms what too many people have known for too long: ACICS has failed in its responsibility to ensure its member institutions provide anything close to the quality of education we should expect from any college or university. While the previous administration aided and abetted their indefensible practices that put students in academic and financial harm’s way, we welcome this step in the process toward revoking ACICS as an accreditor and putting some of the worst actors in the field of higher education on notice. The National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI) should take this recommendation seriously, and the Department should ultimately fulfill its obligation to maintain the integrity of accreditation and access to federal funds.”