Washington, DC — The Council of Recognized Accrediting Commissions (C-RAC) submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Education on proposed accreditation regulations in response to its August 20, 2026, notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) following the Accreditation, Innovation, and Modernization negotiated rulemaking committee.

C-RAC urges Senate to consider amendments that further expand accreditors’ access to crucial student outcomes data necessary to hold institutions accountable WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Council of Recognized Accrediting Commissions (C-RAC), which represents six of the nation’s largest federally-recognized institutional accrediting commissions, today endorsed passage of the College Transparency Act (S. 2511) for advancing more timely and accurate reporting on critical student outco

First-of-its-kind Summit convened leaders in postsecondary education, business, and philanthropy to discuss core challenges facing the nation’s higher education system WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Council of Recognized Accrediting Commissions (C-RAC), a collaborative of the nation’s six largest federally recognized institutional accreditors, recently convened a National Data Summit to explore opportunities to improve existing data frameworks to better promote transparency and outco

DECATUR, Ga. – Students transferring to other colleges often lose a large portion of the credits they have already earned, which increases the time and cost needed to finish a degree. Today, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) announced a new initiative aimed at addressing this issue. The SACSCOC Transfer Credit Consortium is a voluntary, faculty-led partnership that unites colleges and universities to create common transfer pathw