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Gov Landry forms task force to pursue break from traditional university accreditor
Posted on 7/23/25 at 12:52 pm
Posted on 7/23/25 at 12:52 pm
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(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 Public Higher Education, an alternative accrediting organization launched earlier this year by Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and the Texas A&M University System.
CPHE aims to supplant what critics call an "ideologically driven" accreditation monopoly — particularly the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, which currently accredits most public institutions in the region.
"This task force will ensure Louisiana's public universities move away from DEI-driven mandates and toward a system rooted in merit-based achievement," Landry said in a statement, referring to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that conservatives have targeted as political overreach in higher education.
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The group also intends to seek federal recognition from the U.S. Department of Education to qualify as a Title IV gatekeeper — meaning its accreditation would determine eligibility for federal student aid.
Landry's executive order directs the new task force to explore dual accreditation models, assess legal and administrative steps needed to join CPHE, and make formal recommendations ahead of the 2026 legislative session.
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The CPHE effort is led in part by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who described the group as a response to accreditors "beholden to woke ideology."
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Louisiana's task force will include 13 members, including the state's higher education commissioner, the chairs of Louisiana's four public university systems, legislative education leaders and three gubernatorial appointees.
Its first meeting must be held by Aug. 31, and a final report is due by Jan. 30, 2026.
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Posted on 7/23/25 at 12:53 pm to ragincajun03
Finally
Posted on 7/23/25 at 12:55 pm to ragincajun03
Sounds awesome.
Posted on 7/23/25 at 12:55 pm to ragincajun03
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Florida, Georgia,
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South Carolina, Tennessee
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Texas A&M University System
Where are the rest? And Texas will never change their DEI ways. Good on A&M.
Posted on 7/23/25 at 12:58 pm to ragincajun03
More task force
More studies
More funding
More headlines
More getting nothing accomplished
This could be Landry’s reelection campaign slogan
More studies
More funding
More headlines
More getting nothing accomplished
This could be Landry’s reelection campaign slogan
Posted on 7/23/25 at 1:25 pm to ragincajun03
Let's hope this includes medical schools and law schools. They need it more than any other branches of southern universities.
Posted on 7/23/25 at 1:27 pm to ragincajun03
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in favor of a new model focused on "merit-based achievement"
Posted on 7/23/25 at 1:28 pm to ragincajun03
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The group also intends to seek federal recognition from the U.S. Department of Education
The DoE needs to D-I-E. If Congress doesn't kill it with legislation Trump will have completely failed in that key part of his agenda. If there is a breath left in the DoE's corpse it will be revived. It should no longer exist as a government entity by the time Trump leaves office.
Posted on 7/23/25 at 1:29 pm to ragincajun03
I know that if I'm involved in education in another state, Louisiana is the state I want to follow as a model of success.
Posted on 7/23/25 at 1:30 pm to ragincajun03
I'll allow it....and we aren't alone.
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alternative accrediting organization launched earlier this year by Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and the Texas A&M University System
Posted on 7/23/25 at 1:30 pm to ragincajun03
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Landry's executive order directs the new task force to explore dual accreditation models, assess legal and administrative steps needed to join CPHE, and make formal recommendations ahead of the 2026 legislative session.
What an unserious fricking joke this is. Typical from Landry and his ilk. All of this money will be spent for zero tangible results. Posted on 7/23/25 at 1:31 pm to ragincajun03
Another fine example of us wasting time and money on things that won’t actually fix any of our problems
If we want to fix our colleges, just let those other states take them over
If we want to fix our colleges, just let those other states take them over
Posted on 7/23/25 at 1:35 pm to LSUFanHouston
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Another fine example of us wasting time and money on things that won’t actually fix any of our problems
Right
But look man, the populist train is rolling and cant be stopped. Prepare for more stupid.
Posted on 7/23/25 at 1:47 pm to ragincajun03
Landry is trying his damdest to get Trump to notice him.
Posted on 7/23/25 at 1:59 pm to ragincajun03
SACSCOC doesn't even have DEI standards
Posted on 7/23/25 at 2:14 pm to ragincajun03
I opened this thread thinking it was going to be some normal Landry BS, but
Florida, North Carolina, and Texas A&M are AAU schools. Georgia and Tennessee are also ranked high. Not bad if we could get out academics up to their level.
Florida, North Carolina, and Texas A&M are AAU schools. Georgia and Tennessee are also ranked high. Not bad if we could get out academics up to their level.
Posted on 7/23/25 at 2:18 pm to BigBinBR
quote:Please explain how a dual accreditation model will achieve this.
I opened this thread thinking it was going to be some normal Landry BS, but
Florida, North Carolina, and Texas A&M are AAU schools. Georgia and Tennessee are also ranked high. Not bad if we could get out academics up to their level.
Posted on 7/23/25 at 2:20 pm to Jim Rockford
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Landry is trying his damdest to get Trump to notice him.
What good is that going to do for Landry, Trump or the State of Louisiana?
Not a GD thing......do we really want Landry to take a position with Trump and leave the state in the hands of Lt Gov Fatfrick dumbass Billy Nungesser
Posted on 7/23/25 at 2:23 pm to ragincajun03
Does this include leaving ABET accreditation for schools with engineering programs?
Posted on 7/23/25 at 2:29 pm to GumboPot
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Does this include leaving ABET accreditation for schools with engineering programs?
That I don’t know, which is why I don’t know where I land on this. That was the first question I had, since ALOT of companies won’t hire engineers who didn’t graduate from an accredited program. It was a big thing for UTSA to have their ChemE program receive accreditation a couple years ago, and I believe any incoming freshmen into Texas State this year should be good for Mechanical Engineering by the time they graduate.
I’d imagine, though, that you wouldn’t have A&M and UNC looking at this if it jeopardized any of their engineering programs.
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