The Accreditation for College Excellence Act of 2025 would prohibit education accreditors from pushing an educational institution to implement “partisan, political, or ideological viewpoints” in order to receive Higher Education Act funding or accreditation. The bill would also protect religious institutions’ ability to maintain their code of conduct and adherence to religious practices.
“For too long, activist accreditors have weaponized the accreditation process to push far-left ideology, pressuring colleges to submit to ideological tests that have nothing to do with education,” Owens said in a statement. “The result: DEI mandates, CRT programs, and a culture that divides students by race instead of uniting them through merit. The ACE Act puts an end to this nonsense and ensures that institutions of higher education focus on academic
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