{"id":655217,"date":"2026-08-20T20:54:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T20:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=655217"},"modified":"2026-08-20T20:54:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T20:54:38","slug":"exclusive-watchdog-asks-ed-department-to-block-american-bar-associations-renewal-as-law-schools-sole-accreditor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=655217","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Watchdog Asks Ed Department To Block American Bar Association\u2019s Renewal As Law Schools\u2019 Sole Accreditor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1280px-The_American_Bar_Association_ABA_54182239671-1200x675.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"American Bar Association\" \/>The Trump administration on Wednesday published rules that would open the door for other accreditors to be recognized across American higher education, as Trump himself recognizes that accreditation is the &#8220;secret weapon&#8221; for controlling universities.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1280px-The_American_Bar_Association_ABA_54182239671-1200x675.jpg\" title=\"Exclusive: Watchdog Asks Ed Department To Block American Bar Association\u2019s Renewal As Law Schools\u2019 Sole Accreditor\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump administration on Wednesday published rules that would open the door for other accreditors to be recognized across American higher education, as Trump himself recognizes that accreditation is the &#8220;secret weapon&#8221; for controlling universities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":655218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-655217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic-empowerment","category-national-security","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=655217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/655218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=655217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=655217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=655217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}