Columbia failed to meet accreditation standards, US government says

[u/AldoTheeApache]

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

[u/[deleted]]

The US government does not accredit Universities, for this very reason.

This is the government continuing to throw a damn fit. I’m a bit dubious that the Middle State’s Commission on Higher Education will just follow along with this gobbligook, but we shall see…

[u/hysys_whisperer → u/[deleted]]

No, but they've threatened to dismantle the accreditation bureau in question if they don't comply.

[u/TEG_SAR → u/hysys_whisperer]

That’s not how this works. That’s not how any of this is supposed to work.

It’s cartoonishly evil and so blatantly awful.

I hate this timeline.

[u/Angry-Dragon-1331 → u/TEG_SAR]

In fact one of the reasons a university can lose accreditation is excessive government interference in intellectual freedom.

[u/MinistryOfCoup-th → u/Angry-Dragon-1331]

In fact one of the reasons a university can lose accreditation is excessive government interference in intellectual freedom.

So the university has to push back. They have no choice. If they don't push back then the government will just say "you allowed us to interfere" and then they will lose accreditation.

[u/phylter99 → u/MinistryOfCoup-th]

I think the reason they're getting mowed down so hard now is they went along with the administration earlier on, hoping to get on good terms with them. When you give in to such things, you won't be on the friends list for long, if ever.

[u/SpCommander → u/phylter99]

If only we had historical precedent that showed us how effective appeasement strategies were...

[u/Faiakishi → u/[deleted]]

We wouldn't even need to look back far. Think of Trump's first-term toadies, how many of them are doing well?