October 5, 2007

Accreditor Punishes College in Nevada

By PAUL BASKEN

Sierra Nevada College, a private liberal-arts institution in the Lake Tahoe resort area that took a cash infusion last year from a for-profit company, has been placed on probation by its accrediting agency, the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.

The probation was expected, given that it was based on reviews from the 2005-6 academic year, "probably one of the most challenging, difficult years in the history of the college, on all fronts," said Larry D. Large, Sierra

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