States Should Lead on Higher-Ed Reform
In recent years, federal policymakers have pursued sweeping higher-education reforms. Yet these efforts are often slow, legally contested, and subject to reversal. For example, during both of his terms of…
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State Law Must Supersede Accreditor Requirements
Members of the North Carolina General Assembly have spent years pursuing higher-education reform and reclaiming authority over the state’s university system. Legislators in other states have done likewise. Yet another…
Measure Microcredential Outcomes
The Higher Learning Commission (HLC), one of the nation’s largest institutional accreditors with more than 1,000 member organizations, recently announced a new endorsement application for short-term-credential providers, including microcredential organizations.…
In Praise of the Commission for Public Higher Education
Complaints about the Commission for Public Higher Education’s (CPHE) proposed solutions to accreditation problems are unwarranted. This October, the Chronicle of Higher Education ran an article titled “Will the Commission…
The AI Rock and Hard Place
The email dropped into my university account with a quiet ding, an inauspicious start to what would become an unwanted foray into the messy world of AI “false positives.” With…
The American Bar Association Needn’t Accredit Law Schools
A number of “sacred cow” beliefs regarding higher education are (finally!) coming under scrutiny. One of them is that it is important for the American Bar Association (ABA) to oversee…
[LETTER] Martin Center Praises Two Accreditation Bills
RALEIGH, N.C. (June 25, 2025)—The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal has sent two letters to the US House Committee on Education and the Workforce praising pending legislation on…
Goodbye, Belle Wheelan
Over the last 25 years or so, one model of university accreditation has given way to another. Under the old system, colleges submitted to invasive but essentially nonpartisan examination of…
The Phony War on Accreditors
It is a low bar to clear, but college accreditation has never been so hotly commented on as at present. Many in the higher-ed world fear for its future. Two…
Higher-Ed in the NCGA’s Long Session
This year is the North Carolina legislature’s long session. With the “crossover” deadline of May 8 just a month away, the Martin Center has collected a roundup of proposed bills…