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Accreditation group wants Education Department to withdraw guidance on complaints

September 27, 2023

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Accreditor critics have argued the organizations’ procedures for filing complaints can be onerous and dissuade reporting. This is part of a broader accusation that accreditors too often don’t hold colleges under their purview accountable, as the institutions pay accreditors since they operate as membership organizations.

Thus, the August guidance drummed up excitement among accountability advocates that it might pressure accreditors to be more vigilant.

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