CHEA - Council for Higher Education Accreditation

08/31/2026

Accreditation in the News: Education Department proposes accreditation overhaul https://www.chea.org/education-department-proposes-accreditation-overhaul

08/27/2026

NOW AVAILABLE: CHEA's AIM Accreditation Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Summary and Operational Impact on Institutions and Accrediting Agencies

See the Summary and other resources as they become available in the CHEA AIM Regulations Resource Center https://www.chea.org/aim-resource-center

08/19/2026

CHEA has released a statement on the proposed AIM accreditation regulations, which would significantly reshape federal oversight of accreditation.

Reform should strengthen—not diminish—independent, peer-based review and the autonomy of higher education.
Read the statement: https://www.chea.org/chea-statement-proposed-aim-accreditation-regulations

08/13/2026

Check out this week's Accreditation in the News:

→ The Education Department requests evidence of reform from colleges and CHEA President Nasser H. Paydar responds with a call for constructive dialogue
→ Legislation seeks to block the transfer of key Education Department offices
→ A renewed push to pass the College Transparency Act
→ Thoughts on the forthcoming federal accreditation rule
→ The ABA’s proposes a repeal of its law school diversity standard

Read more: https://buff.ly/SIK2uvs

08/12/2026

CHEA’s August Policy Watch is now out. What to track:
→ AIM rules move to OMB
→ 3 accreditors withdraw from federal recognition
→ Congress advances competing higher ed proposals
→ College Transparency Act moves forward
→ NACIQI recommendations
https://bit.ly/4gdtpTH

08/07/2026

Read the latest in the CHEA Op-Ed Series: A Time for Constructive Leadership in Higher Education https://www.chea.org/time-constructive-leadership-higher-education

07/30/2026

For the American Council on Education, CHEA President Nasser H. Paydar looks at accreditation's next big moment in the wake of the US Department of Education's forthcoming Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)

New federal accreditation rules are on the way, and their impact will extend far beyond accreditors. CHEA President Nasser Paydar outlines what campus leaders need to know and why this is a critical moment for higher education to speak up.

07/28/2026

Nasser H. Paydar reflects on his first year as CHEA's president https://www.chea.org/one-year-together

07/17/2026

Accreditation in the News: House Republicans Advance Legislation to Formally Dismantle Education Department https://bit.ly/45bnvNu

07/15/2026

CHEA 2027 Annual Conference Call for Proposals is now open https://bit.ly/4v7KfZq