RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A historically black North Carolina university has emerged from probation placed by its accrediting agency.
The News & Observer of Raleigh reports the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges had put St. Augustine’s University in Raleigh on probation for the past two years, citing financial problems and questions of institutional effectiveness. Loss of accreditation could have forced the university to close.
On Tuesday, the association’s board of trustees announced it has removed St. Augustine’s from probationary status.
University president Everett Ward said that accreditation agency was impressed by how the university invested $1.7 million in a project which helped shift the university from doing its accounting manually to using software.
Officials said enrollment now stands at 767 students, down from between 970 and 980 last school year.
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Information from: The News & Observer, http://www.newsobserver.com
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