At its meeting on June 13-15, 2012, the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities approved the change of ownership and control of Patten University, allowing its change from a faith-based, non-profit institution to a non-sectarian, for-profit university under the ownership control of UniversityNow, Inc.
Patten University was placed on probation in February 2010. At that time, the Commission found that Patten University...
Public Statement Regarding Ashford University
At its meeting on June 15, 2012, the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) acted to deny initial accreditation to Ashford University.
The Commission found that Ashford University was not yet in substantial compliance with elements of Standard 1 (Defining Institutional Purposes and Ensuring Educational Objectives), Standard 2 (Achieving...
On January 30, 2012, officials at Claremont McKenna College (CMC) informed the WASC staff that a member of its administration had misreported data on SAT scores to a number of outside entities. During the weeks that followed, CMC reported to WASC the steps that had been taken to investigate the matter, including correcting misreported data and developing systems to ensure that this kind of breach of data integrity did not reoccur. Commission staff reviewed the available information and the...
At its meeting on February 16-18, 2011, the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) put Patten University on probation. This action means that the Commission found Patten to have serious areas of noncompliance with the Standards of Accreditation. Accreditation of Patten University continues during this Probation Cause period.
The Commission reviewed Patten University under its Handbook of...