Model Legislation: Accreditation Choice Act UPDATED July 2025
The Accreditation Choice Act aims to enhance educational freedom and improve accountability in higher education by expanding accreditation options for colleges and universities. Key Points of the Accreditation Choice Act:…
Blueprint for Reform: Surviving the Demographic Cliff
Blueprint for Reform: Surviving the Demographic Cliff is a strategic guide for state legislators and university trustees addressing the challenges posed by declining college enrollments and the anticipated demographic cliff—a…
Blueprint for Reform: General Education
Blueprint for Reform: General Education is a comprehensive guide for state legislators and university trustees, advocating for a revitalization of general education curricula in higher education institutions. It emphasizes the…
Policy Brief: How Universities Should Choose Their Next Accreditor
Accreditation is one of the three tickets that every college in America must punch if it wants access to federal student aid (FSA) programs for its students. The current regulatory…
Policy Brief: It’s Time for More States to Sack SACS
Getting and keeping accreditation is critical for almost all colleges in the United States. Accreditation is third-party validation that a college meets minimum standards. Not only is institutional accreditation required…
Model Legislation
Since 2022, the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal has crafted model legislation addressing various aspects of higher-ed reform. We invite state legislators, officials, and members of the public…
Model Legislation: Fair Admissions Act
The Supreme Court’s decision in SFFA v. Harvard and SFFA v. University of North Carolina was a victory for advocates of fair and race-neutral college admissions. With the decision, colleges…
Model Legislation: General Education Act
American universities always have recognized citizens’ authority to shape the educational mission of public universities, particularly with respect to “general education”—courses prerequisite to graduation. Appointed or elected university trustees usually…
Blueprints for Reform
The university system in the United States has accomplished a great deal of good, but it has strayed from its chief goals of scholarly inquiry and responsible teaching, especially in…
Blueprint for Reform: Academic Transparency
Blueprint for Reform: Academic Transparency is a roadmap designed for state legislators and university trustees, emphasizing the necessity of academic transparency in higher education to enhance student decision-making and public…