discussion within the higher education community as to purposes of accreditation and its appropriateness as a precondition of institutional eligibility for federal funds. Accrediting agencies have served this gatekeeping function, along with the states and the Department of Education, for some time. The 1992 Amendments to the Higher Education Act, however, for the first time put into law requirements affecting the structure, operating procedures, and standards of accrediting agencies that limit the independence of these private entities. This article focuses on
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David A. Longanecker (1994) studied this question.