Florida suit against college accreditation process dismissed again

A federal appeals court affirmed Monday dismissal of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ 2023 challenge to the college accrediting process, which he believes enforces diversity and related interests he considers “woke.”

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit rejected the state’s argument that existing accrediting agencies wield unchecked power to overrule Florida’s political decisions about how its universities operate — in other words, that the system gives “unconstitutionally delegated governmental power to these private accreditors.”