Posted by:
sistersalamander
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Date: February 23, 2013 09:54AM
The US Dept. of Education does not accredit institutions; that's done by private agencies.
http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/The accrediting agency creates the standards, in collaboration with the government.
http://www2.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/accreditation_pg2.htmlApparently, private religious colleges and universities can teach any doctrines they wish because they are "private" institutions. (Of course, they still get some government money and students still get government financial aid to go there. Go figure).
As to the larger issues of quality of education and academic freedom, BYU has repeatedly been in trouble and has sometimes come close to failing the standards and losing accreditation.
BYU is currently accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.
It would be interesting to see if there are any Morg ties to that commission.