Washington, DC – January 27, 2026 – Today, the Council of Recognized Accrediting Commissions (C-RAC) nominated Dr. Heather F. Perfetti, President of Middle States Commission on Higher Education and Chair of C-RAC, to represent institutional accreditors on the Accreditation, Innovation, and Modernization (AIM) Committee for the upcoming negotiated rulemaking.

Washington, DC – The Council of Recognized Accrediting Commissions (C-RAC) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education providing comments in response to the December 11, 2025, request for information on updates to the Accreditation Handbook.

WASHINGTON, D.C.  — The Council of Regional Accrediting Commissions (C-RAC) today announced that it has formally changed its name to the Council of Recognized Accrediting Commissions, effective immediately. The name change reflects significant shifts in federal regulation and practice that have reshaped the accreditation landscape over the past several years. In 2020, federal regulations eliminated regional boundaries for accrediting commissions, recognizing that institutiona

Sacramento, CA – The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) released a new white paper, Leveraging Program-Level Data to Strengthen Student Outcomes: A Framework for ACCJC Institutions , offering the Commission’s perspective on the growing importance of program-level return on investment (ROI) data in shaping the future of higher education. Building on ACCJC’s 2025 integration of an institutional ROI metric into its Student Achievement Dashboards , t