Inside Higher Ed
By Greg Toppo
October 16, 2018
The president of a small historically black college in Augusta, Ga., said its officials will seek a new accreditor -- and fight for its survival -- after a federal judge ruled that a regional agency can withdraw its accreditation over financial deficiencies.
Paine College, a private HBCU affiliated with the United Methodist Church and the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, was on probation with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools' Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) pending a final ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Thomas H. Thrash Jr. in a lawsuit surrounding the issue. On Thursday, Thrash denied the college's request for a partial summary judgment and granted the commission's motion for a summary judgment. That means Paine "will be removed as an accredited institution" of SACSCOC, the accreditor said in a statement.
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