By Susan Quinn The ABA has been using its accreditation powers to force law schools to adopt leftist policies. The Trump administration is working to curb that power.
The ABA has had the power to accredit nearly 200 law schools over the last 70 years, but this power may come to an end, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
Students are returning to campus as the Trump administration continues to reshape American academia. The big picture: The administration has leveraged federal education funding and threatened litigation against universities deemed misaligned with policy priorities — moves critics say subject academia to political whims. State of play: The all-of-government squeeze on higher education continues a 19-month battle that has brought scrutiny of international collaboration, threats to research funding, litigation and possible accreditation overhauls. - "It was an earthquake in January of 2025," says Stuart Shapiro, the dean of Rutgers' School of Planning and Public Policy who worked in the Office of Management and Budget. "The…
Academic freedom, intellectual diversity, and research integrity may be at all-time lows right now, as plagiarism and fake research scandals have rocked academia for years.
Rep. Brandon Gil has summoned ABA President Michelle Behnke for questioning at Wednesday's hearing. The ABA is the largest legal trade association in the nation, and has a stranglehold on accreditation of law schools.
Some states have parted ways with the ABA, but federal recognition of the group's accreditation power gives it a monopoly on the entire U.S. legal profession.
Failure to bow the knee to feds, state supreme courts "imminently" threaten American Bar Association's privilege in determining who can be a lawyer, accreditation council says. DEI supporters say SCOTUS didn't ban requirement.
As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. calls for medical schools to redesign curriculums, an agency that oversees dozens has deleted diversity standards and added nutrition.
Board of Governors of the State University System of Florida grills accreditor on how it let a practice with so little evidence, and irreversible consequences, become so entrenched in med schools, teaching hospitals.