EIN: 52-1789016

American Academy for Liberal Education

Washington, DC 20006

Chronicle of Higher Education
December 14, 2006

Fears of Possible Federal Learning Standards Grow as Liberal-Arts Accreditor Is Penalized

http://chronicle.com/daily/2006/12/2006120601n.htm

An Education Department committee that oversees accreditation organizations has barred the American Academy for Liberal Education from accrediting new institutions or programs for at least a half year. The move, which must be approved by the department's assistant secretary for postsecondary education before it goes into effect, followed a determination that the small accreditor had been lax in not setting minimum standards for what students must learn at the colleges it accredits.