US EditionLandry Forms Task Force to Pursue Break From Traditional University Accreditor - American Press
LOUISIANA, JUL 23 – Louisiana joins six Southern states forming the Commission for Public Higher Education to replace traditional accreditation with a focus on merit and reduced ideological oversight.
- On Tuesday, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry issued an executive directive establishing a 13-member task force to evaluate the state's potential participation in the new Commission for Public Higher Education as an alternative accreditation option.
- This action follows a 2025 federal order encouraging new accreditors and emerges amid criticism that traditional accreditors impose diversity, equity, and inclusion mandates on universities.
- The task force includes higher education leaders and lawmakers and will assess dual accreditation models and legal steps before reporting recommendations by January 30, 2026.
- Landry said the task force will help public universities shift away from DEI-driven mandates toward merit-based achievement, while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called the new accreditor a response to accreditors 'beholden to woke ideology.'
- Louisiana is joining a coalition of Southern states that are creating a new regional accrediting body for public higher education, which will prioritize student success, simplify accreditation criteria, and prohibit the inclusion of politically divisive material in its evaluation standards.
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Landry forms task force to pursue break from traditional university accreditor - Leesville Leader
By Nolan McKendry | The Center Square Gov. Jeff Landry signed an executive order this week creating the Governor’s Task Force on Public Higher Education Reform, joining a growing bloc of Southern states seeking to leave traditional university accreditation systems in favor of a new model focused on “merit-based achievement” and reduced oversight from legacy accreditors. The order signed on Monday positions Louisiana to join the Commission for Pu…
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Landry forms task force to pursue break from traditional university accreditor
By Nolan McKendry | The Center Square Gov. Jeff Landry signed an executive order this week creating the Governor’s Task Force on Public Higher Education Reform, joining a growing bloc of Southern states seeking to leave traditional university accreditation systems in favor of a new model focused on “merit-based achievement” and reduced oversight from legacy accreditors. The order signed on Monday positions Louisiana to join the Commission for Pu…
Gov. Jeff Landry says Louisiana will join 6 states creating a new anti-DEI college accreditor
Louisiana will join other Southern states that are developing a new accrediting agency for public colleges and universities, Gov. Jeff Landry said Tuesday, echoing a conservative complaint that existing accreditors have imposed liberal values on the institutions they evaluate.
Landry forms task force to pursue break from traditional university accreditor - American Press
By Nolan McKendry | The Center Square Gov. Jeff Landry signed an executive order this week creating the Governor’s Task Force on Public Higher Education Reform, joining a growing bloc of Southern states seeking to leave traditional university accreditation systems in favor of a new model focused on “merit-based achievement” and reduced oversight from legacy accreditors. The order signed on Monday positions Louisiana to join the Commission for Pu…
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