Letters | Accreditation

ACTA Comments on New Accreditor’s Standards

September 23, 2025 by Armand B. Alacbay Download PDF

Last week, Armand Alacbay, ACTA’s Chief of Staff and Senior VP of Strategy, sent a letter to the Commission for Public Higher Education (CPHE) commending their work to create new standards for accreditation, which rightfully center student outcomes and academic excellence over bureaucratic box-checking. Mr. Alacbay provided several recommendations to further strengthen these policies, including advocating that CPHE explicitly require that institutions demonstrate that their policies on curricula, academic freedom, and program length clearly demonstrate their value. This focus on the assessment of outputs over process reflects a growing call for accreditors to fulfill their promise of being true guarantors of educational quality.

Read the full letter HERE.

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