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Accreditor process, financial screening and a new 3‑year degree pathway draw scrutiny after White House executive order
Summary
College presidents and chancellors told lawmakers that the White House executive order on accreditation has created uncertainty for accreditors and institutions; Keene State's president and others described NECHE's peer‑review process, an expanded financial screening tool (ARFI) and an innovation pathway that approved reduced‑credit bachelor's
College presidents and the state’s chancellors told the Public Higher Education Study Committee that a recent White House executive order on accreditation has raised concerns but that regional accreditor processes — peer review, financial screening and a new innovation pathway for reduced‑credit degrees — remain the primary tools for protecting students.
Melinda Treadwell, president of Keene State College, told the committee she has served as a commissioner of the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE) and described how accreditation operates as a peer‑review process that requires institutions to demonstrate financial stability, governance, academic standards and student…
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