President Trump signed an executive order to tighten accreditation processes for higher education and ensure transparency in foreign funding. The order mandates disclosure of foreign funding sources and holds accreditors accountable for performance.

The president signed executive orders to enforce an existing rule on gifts and overhaul university accreditation

President Donald Trump’s campaign to pressure elite universities into making a wide range of policy changes met its first major resistance when Harvard University sued the US government for freezing billions of dollars in federal funding.