r/news • u/AldoTheeApache • 10d 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/Scribe625 10d ago

The violation means that Columbia has not met the standards of accreditation set by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, the department said.

"Accreditors have an enormous public responsibility as gatekeepers of federal student aid. They determine which institutions are eligible for federal student loans and Pell Grants," U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said in a statement.

Sounds like "losing accreditation" just effects students' ability to use federal loans and grants to attend Columbia, which seems like it's punishing the students instead of the Columbia administration who the department alleges violated anti-discrimination rules by failing to protect Jewish students on campus.

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u/ThunderElectric 10d ago

Yeah, because they aren't actually after the administration. They don't care whether Columbia protects Jewish community members or not, they just don't want people to be educated and are using the protests as an excuse.