The Commission for Public Higher Education (CPHE) is an accrediting body pushed by MAGA politicians and conservative think tanks. On the campaign trail, President Trump called accreditation a “secret weapon” for intervening in higher education. At a press conference announcing the launch of the CPHE, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis claimed the group would “upend the monopoly of the woke accreditation cartels.”
Cloaked in the language of “efficiency” and “streamlining” the accreditation process, the CPHE risks becoming a vehicle for locking in the higher education agenda laid out by Project 2025, Secretary McMahon, Governor DeSantis, and President Trump.
The CPHE's website includes a portal for ongoing public comment submissions.