Natalie Schwartz
July 8, 2026
The Trump administration unveiled its timeline for a host of regulatory changes, including those related to accreditation, diversity initiatives and Title VI.
Dive Brief:
The U.S. Department of Education unveiled an extensive regulatory agenda Friday to carry out the Trump administration’s policy priorities, including reshaping accreditation and the agency’s civil rights enforcement.
The agency plans to release a proposed rule on accreditation this month that would make it easier for new accrediting bodies to form and for colleges to change accreditors. The rule would also expand accreditor duties to include oversight of campus policies related to free speech and intellectual diversity.
The Education Department also expects this month to amend regulations to “streamline the process” for cutting off federal financial aid to colleges that it determines violated civil rights laws and refused to voluntarily come into compliance.