EO on Accreditation Opens the Door for Rampant Corruption and Political Interference

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   AAUP explains that accreditation determines institutional eligibility for federal student-aid programs and argues that using recognition review to enforce presidential ideological priorities increases political-interference and corruption risk; that risk assessment is advocacy, not a finding that a bribe or corrupt transaction occurred.

   Accreditation's federal-aid function and AAUP political-interference analysis

   Accreditation order tied access to federal student aid to presidential policy priorities · Recognition reviews directed; legal effect depends on later agency proceedings and statutory process.