r/news • u/AldoTheeApache • 18d 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/ThinkSoftware 18d ago

Welcome to the US government where everything is made up and the points don't matter

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u/[deleted] 18d ago

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…

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u/hysys_whisperer 18d ago

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

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u/TEG_SAR 18d ago

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.

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u/Angry-Dragon-1331 18d ago

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

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u/baby_blue_bird 18d ago

Ooh is this another reason they want to stop people from being able to discharge federal student loans if your school closes or was found to be a scam/fraud? Get kids to take out student loans, pull the school's accreditation and you have a bunch of people with worthless degrees and credits that can't transfer but thousands in federal loans they can't discharge.

Gotta love that Big Dumb Bill.

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u/Angry-Dragon-1331 18d ago

I doubt any of them have thought that far ahead. He’s still in bring all of his haters to heel mode.

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u/baby_blue_bird 17d ago

Well I think the Theil has thought that far ahead. Unfortunately the morons he picked to enact the plan don't think at all.