April 8, 2005

Court Injunctions Against Accreditor's Decisions Arouse Fears About the Process

By BURTON BOLLAG

The sympathetic responses that courts have given two lawsuits brought by colleges that say their accreditation was withdrawn unfairly have unsettled accreditors and brought the growing pressures they face into sharper focus.

Last month two federal courts issued injunctions ordering the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to reinstate the accreditation of Edward Waters College, in Jacksonville, Fla., and Hiwassee College, in Madisonville, Tenn., until their legal challenges to

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