CHEA (Council for Higher Education Accreditation) announced a new Council of Experts on Quality Assurance and Accreditation to strengthen its engagement with scholars and practitioners on emerging academic quality issues. The council is intended to inform CHEA convenings, publications, and strategic initiatives across student outcomes, assessment, institutional effectiveness, innovation, and the growing role of AI in teaching and learning. CHEA said the council will be advisory and consists of 11 members drawn across higher education, chaired by Dr. Stephen P. Hundley of Indiana University Indianapolis. The group will complement CHEA’s governance structure by producing evidence-informed perspectives that help CHEA better support its members as policy and accreditation expectations evolve. For colleges and accrediting stakeholders, this signals a continued shift toward systematic attention to AI-related assessment and student outcome measurement as accreditation-adjacent expectations. It also indicates CHEA’s intention to formalize expert input rather than rely on ad hoc consultation. The new council’s focus areas align with the tools institutions use to demonstrate quality: learning assessment systems, institutional effectiveness reporting, and mechanisms for ensuring innovation is evaluated through measurable results.