Isn't the Higher Learning Commission (Hamline's accreditor) also private? Isn't it within their First Amendment rights to do this too? Why should the argument "

Isn't the Higher Learning Commission (Hamline's accreditor) also private? Isn't it within their First Amendment rights to do this too? Why should the argument "it's okay because it's legal" apply to the university but not to the professor or the accreditor?