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North Idaho College contends with accreditation warning, calls for board chair's resignation may
North Idaho College contends with accreditation warning, calls for board chair’s resignation may lead to eroded community trustCoeur d'Alene -- North Idaho College is an accredited institution.
That’s the message college leaders are hoping the community understands amid an ongoing inquiry into NIC’s accreditation status.
While NIC remains accredited through the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, the commission has issued a warning to the college, to meet certain accreditation eligibility requirements by spring 2023 or face further consequences, including possible probation.
After a year of the resulting attention – March 2021 was when four area human rights groups filed an initial complaint concerning NIC’s accreditation eligibility – public confidence in the school has apparently eroded.
“If we do get a sanction, sometimes up to 10% of your enrollment is lost as a result of that,” Interim President Michael Sebaaly told members of the college Board of Trustees during a March 23 meeting, “and with the publicity that we are getting, we may start seeing that this fall.
Read more: https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/apr/06/after-accreditation-warning-north-idaho-college-co/
(Spokane Spokesman-Review)