Sense of congress

It is the sense of Congress that— (1) nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act limits the generally accepted principles of academic freedom of an institution of higher education or should be construed as providing authority to the Secretary of Education to limit that academic freedom; and (2) independent, third-party accrediting agencies or associations that provide accreditation for institutions of higher education— (A) should— (i) remain free from political interference; (ii) use quality metrics to assess institutions of higher education; and (iii) make independent determinations about accreditation; and (B) should not be subject to the political preferences of changing Presidential administrations.