Trump’s ‘Secret Weapon’? College Accreditation
Katherine Knott
May 4, 2023
Accreditors said the plan was not practical and represented a shift for the former president. The issue of accreditation has become the subject of much debate between the two leading Republicans eyeing the presidency in 2024.
f former president Donald Trump returns to the White House, he plans to replace college accreditors and impose new standards on the nation’s colleges and universities that include removing diversity, equity and inclusion staff members; protecting free speech; and “defending the American tradition and Western civilization.”
Trump said in a campaign video this week that his plan would reclaim colleges and universities from the “radical Left.” The new standards also include entrance and exit exams to gauge student learning and requiring the colleges offer “options for accelerated and low-cost degrees.”
