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It argues current federal scrutiny, including the recognition process tied to eligibility for major student aid funding, imposes extensive legal, regulatory, and sub-regulatory requirements. The paper presents three proposals addressing accreditation regulation, sub-regulation including Dear Colleague and guidance communications, and federal law, aiming to protect students, advance innovation, and sustain accreditation’s strengths in peer review and academic freedom. 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CHEA serves as an advocate, national authority and thought leader on U.S. accreditation and quality. CHEA plays a significant nongovernmental role in oversight of accreditation as the only source of quality review of accrediting organizations outside the federal government. In these roles, CHEA works with Congress and the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) on accreditation issues.  \nAppropriate accountability for accreditation through federal oversight has become a prominent topic of discussion. The purpose of this CHEA Position Paper is to offer proposals for changes in federal oversight as this applies to accreditation, whether in law, regulation or sub-regulatory guidance. The suggestions are not intended nor should result in reduced accountability for accreditation, but can provide a more effective and efficient regulatory framework for this important work.  \nCHEA sees appropriate accountability as central to achieving three major goals to move accreditation forward. These goals are doing more to:  \n• Protect students: Strengthen accreditation rigor and provide expanded, readily understandable and accessible information about institutions and programs.  \n• Advance innovation: Encourage fresh approaches to quality review of traditional providers and expand quality review to new providers and new credentialing.  \n• Sustain the strengths of accreditation: Maintain and enhance the academic leadership of institutions and programs, the commitment to mission, peer review and the commitment to academic freedom.  \nThe federal government maintains an extensive scrutiny of accreditation, a process known as“recognition.” Accredited status is a requirement for institutions and programs to obtain and maintain eligibility for federal funds. At present, approximately $170 billion in student grants and loans, research and program funds go to institutions and programs annually.  \nAccreditation activity, at present, is governed by 10 pages of law, 27 pages of regulation and 88 pages of sub-regulation. Sub-regulation is sometimes augmented by “Dear Colleague” letters and “Guidance Letters” issued by USDE. There are more than 200 separate requirements that accrediting organizations must address in order to be considered federally recognized or to have emerged successfully from the USDE recognition review that they must undergo at least every five years. The recognition review requires, for all practical purposes, that an accreditor must attend to expectations of the federal government on an annual basis.  \nProposal One: Appropriate Accountability and Regulation  \n1. Rethink the requirements for the extent of experience in order to become a recognized accreditor (602.12) .  \n2. Streamline what is considered “substantive change” for an institution or program in order that fewer changes are subject to this process, including the establishment of branch campuses (602.22) .  \n3. Remove the definition of credit hour (§§ 600.2 , 602.24 (f)) .  \n4. Eliminate the requirement for confidentiality such that accreditors cannot inform institutions of investigations (section 602.27 (a) 6, 7; (b)) .  \nLikely Impact: These changes in regulation will enable institutions to engage innovation absent fear of loss of accreditation and enable accrediting organizations to more fully embrace innovation absent fear of loss of federal recognition. These changes will help to diminish barriers to the establishment of new accrediting or quality assurance bodies. 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