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Tag: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
News Roundup
Bethune-Cookman University President Resigns to Become President of Bentley University
Dr. E. LaBrent Chrite will become the ninth president of Bentley University, a private Massachusetts college known for its business program. Chrite was most recently president of Bethune-Cookman University, a predominantly Black college in Florida before he resigned Tuesday morning, Spectrum News 13 reported. According to Bethune-Cookman, Chrite announced his resignation to his cabinet and […]
March 17, 2021
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With Retirement Around the Corner, Dr. Andrew Hugine, Jr. Reflects on Higher Education Career
After serving as president of Alabama A&M University (AAMU) for over 11 years, Dr. Andrew Hugine, Jr. announced his retirement last week. He has spent decades as a higher education leader.
December 8, 2020
HBCUs
Panel Explores Accreditation and Role of HBCUs During COVID-19 Crisis
Higher education leaders convened virtually Nov. 19 to discuss the role of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and accreditation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prairie View A&M University’s Minority Achievement, Creativity and High-Ability Center (MACH-III) hosted the webinar.
November 19, 2020
HBCUs
Wiley College Receives Warning From Accreditor
Wiley College – a historically Black college in Marshall, Texas – received a warning from its accreditation agency, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. The school has a year to address sanctions regarding the qualifications of its administrative and academic officers, its policies for offering credit, student outcomes, its financial resources […]
December 18, 2019
News Roundup
LeMoyne-Owen College Receives Interim Accreditation Review
After submitting a five-year interim accreditation report, LeMoyne-Owen College was found to be in compliance by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), according to the Daily Memphian. SACSCOC requires colleges to submit the report as part of a 10-year reaffirmation of accreditation cycle, as a way to access the institution’s quality. […]
December 15, 2019
News Roundup
Board of Trustees Appoints New Paine College President
Dr. Cheryl Evans Jones has been appointed president of Paine College. Jones previously served as provost and vice president of academic affairs of the historically Black Methodist liberal arts college in Augusta, Georgia. In July, she became the active president after Dr. Jerry L. Hardee retired. Jones is credited with helping the university’s accreditation initiatives. […]
October 21, 2019
HBCUs
Bennett College Raises $8.2M, Looks to Move Forward
Bennett College has exceeded its $5 million #StandWithBennett campaign goal, raising $8.2 million in 55 days in the fight to save its Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) accreditation.
February 4, 2019
HBCUs
When the News of Demise Is Greatly Exaggerated
In the same state, under the same accrediting agency, two schools in the past few years have been on probation, and their media treatment has been very different.
July 11, 2017
Students
Tremors of Controversy Rock Southern University
Administration and alumni officials at Louisiana’s Southern University have gone into a major damage control mode in the wake of a series of developments in the last month that have rattled the institution and upset and stirred concern among its base of supporters.
July 2, 2017
Community Colleges
Mississippi’s Largest Community College Warned by Accreditor
JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi’s largest community college has been put on warning by its accrediting body, which cited financial problems and other issues. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, in a statement Friday, said that Hinds Community College was sanctioned because it’s violating accrediting rules related to a sound financial base […]
June 25, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Tuskegee University Off Accreditation Warning List
Tuskegee University—the private historically Black college in Alabama that was founded by Booker T. Washington—is no longer under an accreditation warning by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.
June 18, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Accreditation Agency Raises New Concerns about University of Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A recent letter from an accreditation agency that placed the University of Louisville on probation last year has raised new questions about the university and its separate fundraising arm. Some of the questions relate to policies for compensation for school administrators and whether the relationship between the university and the UofL Foundation […]
February 5, 2017
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