Trump administration warns Harvard over accreditation risk
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The Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) on Tuesday announced Columbia University has been given a “non-compliance warning” and
A letter from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education to Columbia Acting President Claire Shipman serves to "warn the institution that its accreditation may be in jeopardy" because of "insufficient evidence that the institution is currently in compliance" with MSCHE's standards on ethics and integrity.
Losing accreditation would mean the school could not receive federal student aid. Already, billions of dollars in federal funding to Harvard are in limbo as the Trump Administration has moved to ...
Accreditors wield significant power in determining if universities can receive federal funding or even grant recognized degrees. Institutions of higher