Rep. Owens Combats Political Influence in Higher Education
March 22, 2024
March 22, 2024
WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release:
The Accreditation for College Excellence (ACE) Act, introduced by Higher Education and Workforce Development Chair Burgess Owens (UT-04), has passed the House Education and the Workforce Committee. This legislation prohibits accrediting bodies from enforcing partisan or political beliefs on institutions, assessing institutional ideologies for funding, and imposing additional accreditation standard . . .
The Accreditation for College Excellence (ACE) Act, introduced by Higher Education and Workforce Development Chair Burgess Owens (UT-04), has passed the House Education and the Workforce Committee. This legislation prohibits accrediting bodies from enforcing partisan or political beliefs on institutions, assessing institutional ideologies for funding, and imposing additional accreditation standard . . .