President Donald Trump signed a total of seven executive orders on Wednesday that target education, including one that targets college accreditors, companies that evaluate a school's educational quality and financial health. 

The orders come as the president's administration cracks down on federal funding for certain prestigious universities, including the Ivy League's Harvard and Columbia. 

Here is a summary of some of the new executive orders:

White House Initiative to Promote Excellence and Innovation at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)

The initiative will work to support and enhance HBCUs’ capacity to deliver high-quality education to a growing number of students. It also creates the President’s Board of Advisors on HBCUs, which will be housed within the Department of Education, according to a White House fact sheet. 

Transparency Regarding Foreign Influence at American Universities

This order threatens to cut federal funding from colleges and universities that fail to disclose their sources of foreign funding. 

"It is the policy of my Administration to end the secrecy surrounding foreign funds in American educational institutions, protect the marketplace of ideas from propaganda sponsored by foreign governments, and safeguard America's students and research from foreign exploitation," the president wrote in the order.

Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth

The order creates new "educational and workforce development opportunities" for young Americans seeking careers in artificial intelligence (AI), and provides educators with the tools necessary to implement the use of AI into U.S. classrooms.

The executive action also creates a White House Task Force on AI Education, which will include the secretary of education, the secretary of labor, and the special advisor for AI & crypto.

Reforming Accreditation to Strengthen Higher Education

This order is expected to streamline the accreditation approval process, and will require the accreditation system to approve high-quality, high-value academic programs.

"Accreditors—the gatekeepers that decide which colleges and universities can access over $100 billion in annual Federal student loans and Pell Grants—have routinely approved low-quality institutions, ultimately failing students, families, and American taxpayers," the White House said in a fact sheet.

Two other executive orders aimed to reform school discipline policies, including one that revoked the Obama-Biden guidance that had schools impose discipline based on racial equity. The final order focused on modernizing workforce programs to prepare citizens for high-paying, skilled trade jobs.

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