Florida Shops for New Accreditors Education officials in Florida have been meeting with agencies as they seek a new accreditor for state colleges and universities. A lengthy and expensive process awaits. Josh Moody December 14, 2022 https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/12/14/florida-seeks-new-accreditors
The Department of Education should dismiss this out-of-hand and, absent that, the HLC should. It's just accredtor-shopping, and that serves no one. The elimination of geographic boundaries is good for multi-campus schools across regional territories, but that's about it. Plus, the nuanced differences between the regionals isn't going to be worth the immense hassle involved. I suspect this will go nowhere. Historical note: there was a time when the HLC was clearly more open-minded about DL--schools and just in general. I'm not so sure that distinction exists much anymore.
Isn't this related to the dumber-than-crap regulation proposed in Florida, that all schools must change accreditors every ten years? The whole idea seems moronic, to me. Strange things are happening in Florida these days. And Texas ---brrr!
