From the Columbia Daily Spectator: The Middle States Commission on Higher Education has reaffirmed Columbia’s accreditation, the University acknowledged Thursday. It came months after the commission previously threatened its status in June 2025, issuing a warning due to “insufficient evidence” that Columbia was in compliance with its “Ethics and Integrity” standards. The commission, a nonprofit recognized by the Department of Education, wrote in a March 12 web page update that Columbia’s accreditation has been reaffirmed because the University “is now in compliance with Standard II (Ethics and Integrity),” which mandates that an institution adhere to its mission and represent itself truthfully.
The accreditation warning came amid wider federal scrutiny on Columbia, including the University’s May 2025 violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 due to the federal government finding Columbia to have acted “with deliberate indifference” toward the harassment of Jewish students on campus since Oct. 7, 2023. The University resolved the Title VI violation in its July 2025 $221 million deal with President Donald Trump’s administration, which restored $400 million in canceled federal funding to Columbia.
The deal also saw the Department of Education notify the commission that Columbia was no longer in violation of federal antidiscrimination laws. That violation was the department’s initial reasoning for the University failing to meet its accreditation standards in June 2025...
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