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"Could lose accreditation" is a stretch -- all this article is doing is repackaging a press release saying that someone wrote a sternly worded letter. To an ins
by kemayo 4y ago
"Could lose accreditation" is a stretch -- all this article is doing is repackaging a press release saying that someone wrote a sternly worded letter. To an institution that was almost certainly already aware of what was happening, since I've seen this story in the news a few times already.
At that, the press release said they submitted it through the accreditor's website, which I have looked up[1], and which very explicitly says that "HLC does not: Accept complaints from third parties". Which suggests that this is very much a PR move by FIRE, and HLC's default reaction to it is going to be ignoring it unless FIRE is now actually representing someone involved.
(None of this is meant to imply that I think the college has done anything approaching the right thing in this case, from everything I've heard about the story...)
[1]: https://www.hlcommission.org/Students-Communities/complaints.html https://www.hlcommission.org/Students-Communities/complaints...
- rahimnathwani 4y agoIts policy on complaints[0] states (emphasis mine): HLC, *aware of the value of information from the public*, shall review complaints regarding a member institution’s ability to meet the Criteria for Accreditation or other HLC requirements in a timely, fair, and equitable manner. The complaint process is intended to address only those matters that suggest substantive non-compliance. If a member of the public submits a complaint about a broader issue (the college not protecting academic freedom) and not a specific incident (this one), then it seems like HLC would treat it as information from the public, without requiring standing (as a party involved in a specific incident). [0] https://www.hlcommission.org/Policies/complaints-and-other-information-regarding-institutions.html https://www.hlcommission.org/Policies/complaints-and-other-i...