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June 27, 2008
Gallaudet U. Has Its Accreditation Reaffirmed
Washington — Almost a year after it was placed on probation by its accreditor, and seven months after it was upgraded to warning status, Gallaudet University’s accreditation has been reaffirmed, the institution announced this afternoon.
Gallaudet, the country’s only liberal-arts university for the deaf, was placed on probation last summer following divisive student demonstrations over the appointment of a new president. The accreditor, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, found at the time that Gallaudet was out of compliance with eight of the commission’s 14 standards, including student retention, leadership, and integrity.
However, last November, the accreditor found that Gallaudet had complied with some of the standards. As a result, the university was taken off probation and placed on warning status, with the accreditor saying Gallaudet still “had a significant distance to travel” before returning to normal accredited status.
Since then, Gallaudet has developed a new mission statement and revised its general curriculum. The accreditor’s decision followed a report filed by Gallaudet to the commission in April and a subsequent site visit.
The “reaffirmation of our accreditation recognizes the good work and incredible progress the Gallaudet community has made in a short time,” said Robert R. Davila, the university’s president, in a written statement. “But this is just the beginning.”
Gallaudet also announced today that Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat of Ohio, had been appointed to the university’s Board of Trustees. The seat is one of three held by members of Congress, reflecting the sizable subsidy the university receives from the federal government.
Senator Brown takes the seat formerly held by Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the presumed Republican nominee for president. Senator McCain resigned from the board in 2006 to express his disappointment in the board’s decision to rescind its appointment of a new president in the face of protests by students and others. —Ingrid Norton
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