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Accreditation of professional degree programs in the U.S. is done through two, often overlapping tracks: institutional (regional or national) accreditation that judges an institution’s overall quality...
Recent reporting and agency materials show momentum to change which graduate programs count as “professional” for federal policy — driven largely by the U.S. Department of Education’s rulemaking and R...
The Department of Education has acted on the April 23, 2025 Executive Order “Reforming Accreditation to Strengthen Higher Education,” lifting a moratorium on new accreditors and directing the Departme...
There is no single, compiled list in the provided sources naming specific academic degrees that have been de-accredited or that have lost licensing pathways since 2015; reporting and policy documents ...
Federal regulations that govern U.S. higher education accreditation are principally codified in Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations and implemented by the Department of Education; those regula...
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) historically frames “accreditation” as a non‑governmental, peer‑review quality‑assurance process while exercising a technical “recognition” role for agencies whos...
Accreditation reclassifications can change which educational programs count toward licensure, affect eligibility for financial aid tied to “professional degree” status, and influence what continuing e...
The Department of Education’s 2025 negotiated rulemaking narrowed the official definition of “professional degree,” excluding several fields (notably nursing, public health, social work in stakeholder...