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Originally Posted by GateandGarden
I had no idea that was going on with your school! I know a few people who graduated from there and had good things to say about it, one of them was a music teacher of mine, in fact. But it was a while back that the people I knew graduated from there. What's going on that would make the school lose its accreditation?
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It's an awesome school, I got that impression right off when I started going there... but the majority of the problems it has are rooted in how it's got a religious background, not in the education at all. SACS came in... September?.. and they concluded that there were enough issues with academic freedom, governance (mainly with the board of trustees and where do their interests *really* lie, that kind of thing), and communication between the administration and students to put it on academic probation. I remember hearing back in May about how there were books removed from the bookstore because of their content and students were protesting... one of the authors came to speak at a high school and he basically said outright that he was not pleased with the actions taken and we all knew that's why he wouldn't speak there. They're looking for a new president too -- they had appointed somebody and he stepped down right before the holidays. (I won't say that's a bad thing -- they showed part of his speech on TV and when you see somebody holding up a bible and declaring it 'the final authority in all matters from administration to the classroom,' that scares the CRAP out of me.) They're holding a Q&A forum on the 18th for students -- I think I might check it out. I'd like to hear just how they plan on fixing things...
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  I am sorry to hear about that.
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I think this is going to be really tough because this is the second student we've lost this year and we've only got a thousand people here. I have a feeling there's going to be a lot of tears shed tomorrow.