The Education Department announced Thursday it would be changing how universities change college accreditors while attempting to make it easier for new accreditors to get on the scene.

College accreditation is part of the process universities go through in order to receive federal student aid, with an accreditor evaluating everything a school does from class offerings to admission processes.

The department sent a Dear Colleague letter to universities informing them the process will be simplified for them to change accreditors.

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