US EditionGov. DeSantis Unveils Multistate Higher Ed Accreditor to Challenge ‘Cartel’ System
- Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced the Commission for Public Higher Education, a new multistate accreditor, at a June 26, 2025 press conference in Boca Raton.
- DeSantis and partners created the agency in response to accreditation pushback after Florida banned state funding for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs in 2023.
- The CPHE includes six public university systems from Republican-led states and aims to focus on student outcomes and reduce bureaucratic compliance mandated by traditional accreditors.
- DeSantis called the existing system an 'accreditation cartel' prioritizing ideological fads over achievement, while Rodrigues criticized accreditors for emphasizing process over real academic excellence.
- The new agency could challenge existing accreditation monopolies, promote innovation, and shift the sector's focus, although federal approval and time are required before it can operate fully.
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USC is working with other Southern states' university systems to create its own higher education accreditation agency amid conservative political pressure against some existing accreditors.
DeSantis says Florida, other states want to form new accrediting body for colleges, universities
Florida is working with university leaders from five other Southern states to form a new higher-education accrediting body, Gov. Ron DeSantis and officials from the other states announced Thursday. The Commission for Public Higher Education, which will need federal approval, would be an alternative to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges,…
DeSantis Has New Accreditation Group Set Lower College Standards
Florida will join some other Southern states to form a new less “woke” accrediting body to set standards for state universities, Ron DeSantis announced yesterday. Via the Sun Sentinel: The new Commission for Public Higher Education will consist of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas, with other states likely to join, DeSantis said Thursday at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. The new body would likely b…
DeSantis Joins Other Southern States to Develop Anti-'Woke' University Accreditation System
Gov. Ron DeSantis announced, alongside State University System Chancellor Ray Rodrigues and university leaders from Texas and South Carolina, that the states are developing a Commission for Public Higher Education that will combat “woke” ideologies such as diversity, equity, and inclusion, and remake state higher education institutions to be more conservative. The post DeSantis Joins Other Southern States to Develop Anti-‘Woke’ University Accred…
Six States Including Florida Establish New Public University Accreditor
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday announced the creation of a new accreditation body for public universities, forming a multi-state commission aimed at providing an alternative to what he described as an ideologically driven higher education system. The Commission for Public Higher Education, or CPHE, is a consortium comprised of six states public university systems: Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas A&M, and is e…
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