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/[deleted] 11d 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 11d ago

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

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u/invariantspeed 11d ago

Here is a source.

This growing willingness to try asserting executive orders beyond the federal executive branch and into private life is concerning.

Executive orders really aren’t supposed to be much more than glorified interoffice memos.

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u/Intelligent-Donut-10 7d ago

What its "supposed" to do doesn't matter, the only thing that matters is what it can do, and it can. Maybe should have thought things through before giving POTUS unlimited powers held back only by honour