Louisiana Board of Regents Shuts Down 4 Distance-Learning Institutions

The Louisiana Board of Regents has voted to force four unaccredited distance-learning institutions that are based in Louisiana to leave the state. The decision will rid the state, once known as a haven for diploma mills, of poor-quality higher-education institutions, officials said.

The board voted in September not to renew the operating licenses of Bienville, Columbus, Glenford, and Lacrosse Universities. Their licenses expired in Louisiana on October 1, but students who were already

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