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A Break From Purgatory, Barely

Inside Higher Ed

July 23, 2008

Education Secretary Margaret Spellings on Tuesday took the American Academy for Liberal Education off accreditors' death row, lifting a ban that prevented it from approving new institutions. But while the secretary also extended the agency's federal recognition by three years, through 2010, she required a series of reports to and appearances before the Education Department's accreditation advisory committee that could keep AALE on its heels.

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