New England Commission of Higher Education
The New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE) is a voluntary, non-governmental membership association that serves as an institutional accreditor for degree-granting post-secondary institutions in New England and beyond. Recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, it accredits over 200 member institutions through peer-based standards.www.neche.org
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Sep 29, 2026
Mallory Dwinal-PalishGUEST
Oh, shucks, I wish we could.
Mallory Dwinal-PalishGUEST
But our institutional accreditor won't let us, right? The WASCs of the world, the Nietzsche's, the MSCH's, the six big institutional accreditors and then all of the national ones as well.
Mallory Dwinal-PalishGUEST
And we did not have that problem when we got REACH accredited.
Mallory Dwinal-PalishGUEST
And then we went around and we talked to all of the other institutional accreditors at Kraft and heard all of them say the same thing.
Bim AdewunmiHOST
Administrators say most students can complete their degrees in under a year for less than $10,000 in tuition.
Bim AdewunmiHOST
It's this rapid growth and reputation for speed that have led to an examination by the New England Commission of Higher Education.
Bim AdewunmiHOST
In April, The Post reported that Presque Isle is one of a number of universities across the country that use an approach touted on social media as college hacking or speedrunning degrees.
Bim AdewunmiHOST
The University of Maine system responded to the accreditor with a 20-page response.
Jill KaufmanGUEST
Hampshire's ability to stay open a decade ago, or at least since 2019 and a bit earlier than that, since before the pandemic.
Jill KaufmanGUEST
The New England Commission of Higher Education in March asked Hampshire, this is simple terms, to show that it was able to stay open or it wouldn't be accredited.
Jill KaufmanGUEST
Can colleges stay open without accreditation? Yes, but at that time, Hampshire College was between $21 and $25 million in debt.
Jill KaufmanGUEST
So In April, Hampshire announced they did not have enough funds to get through another term beyond the spring term that they were in.