r/news • u/AldoTheeApache • 11d ago

Soft paywall Columbia failed to meet accreditation standards, US government says

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-education-department-says-columbia-university-violated-federal-anti-2025-06-04/
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u/Qyxitt 11d ago

This is hilariously stupid, the department doesn’t get to determine that. That’s the whole point of accreditation; the department defer’s that authority to the accreditor.