January 11, 2002

Southern Accrediting Group Penalizes 21 Colleges

By BETH McMURTRIE

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools penalized 21 institutions last month. One college may soon be stripped of its accreditation, and seven were placed on probation, the most serious penalty short of losing accreditation. Thirteen colleges were placed on the milder "warning" status.

The association's Commission on Colleges voted to remove the accreditation of Wood College, a small, private two-year college in Mississippi, because of problems with its finances. If the

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