[baruz]

> Who decides

Councils formed by the currently accredited schools decide.

> what right

The government started relying on these accrediting bodies with the GI Bill in 1952. They did not want the GIs to spend the money on bad educations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_education_accreditation...

> are employers really looking into

Didn’t yours? If they’re not body shops, companies will rely on the reputation of the school or pick out people from their own school. Unaccredited schools typically have poor reputations and usually churn out “graduates” who can’t attract the money to start businesses and hire people from those schools.