Beauty school moms caught in accreditation crossfire as Trump administration weighs consequential decision

The Trump administration is weighing the future of an accreditor overseeing roughly 1,300 beauty and cosmetology schools and more than 120,000 students, in a decision that could test how the president’s push to overhaul higher education accreditation is applied beyond the diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) battles that have dominated the issue.

President Donald Trump promised during the 2024 campaign to "fire the radical left accreditors" and called accreditation his "secret weapon" against...