Fire 'em all and shut the place down! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Boozer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RollTideFan-The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 7:53 PM Subject: RE: [RollTideFan] Accrediting agency places Auburn Universityonprobation
> Brings a tear to my eye. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of kurt rasmussen > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 6:44 PM > To: rtf > Subject: [RollTideFan] Accrediting agency places Auburn University > onprobation > > > > http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031209/APN/312090 > 985 > > > Accrediting agency places Auburn University on probation > > The Associated Press > December 09, 2003 > > Auburn University was placed on 12 months probation by an accrediting > agency Tuesday after a two-year investigation into trustees' involvement > in the school's daily affairs. > > The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools handed down the > sanction, which was one step short of revoking Auburn's accreditation. A > loss of accreditation would have meant the loss of hundreds of millions > of dollars in federal funding. > > SACS does not release specific details of its report, instead listing > only the requirements a school has failed to meet. The report noted five > requirements Auburn fell short of, including administrative oversight of > the athletics department by the school's chief executive officer. > > The report also said Auburn failed to meet a catch-all requirement that > colleges cooperate with the accreditation process. > > Auburn released a short statement saying it was "disappointed and > surprised" by the probation. The university emphasized that it remains > fully accredited, and that students' financial aid is intact. > > "Auburn University will continue its strong pattern of progress and > growth and increasing quality of programs, witnessed in recent years," > the statement said. > > President William Walker declined comment. Trustee and state legislator > Jack Venable said he had not seen the SACS ruling and declined comment. > Trustee Jimmy Rane did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment. > > Though Walker and various trustees have been under fire recently for a > secret football coach-hunting trip they took to Louisville, Ky., the > problems cited by SACS related to a separate, earlier complaint. > > A group of faculty in April 2001 asked the agency to look into > allegations that a small minority of trustees was micromanaging the > university. Then-interim president Walker sued to block the > investigation, and a federal judge eventually appointed Georgia attorney > Richard Y. Bradley as an independent investigator. > > Bradley's first report in January 2003 found the trustees were complying > with SACS standards. The agency asked him to conduct a more detailed > report, which a judge sealed Sept. 8 because it included trustees' > private financial records. > > A SACS commission decided to put Auburn on probation based on Bradley's > reports. The commission will re-evaluate Auburn in December 2004, after > the university submits a follow-up report and a SACS special committee > visits the school. > > At that point, SACS could remove Auburn from probation, extend its > probation or revoke its accreditation, said Jack Allen, associate > executive director for the agency. > > > ______________________________________________________ > RollTideFan - The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List > > "Welcome to RollTideFan! Wear a cup!" > > To join or leave the list or to make changes to your subscription visit > http://listinfo.rolltidefan.net > > > ______________________________________________________ > RollTideFan - The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List > > "Welcome to RollTideFan! Wear a cup!" > > To join or leave the list or to make changes to your subscription visit http://listinfo.rolltidefan.net ______________________________________________________ RollTideFan - The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List "Welcome to RollTideFan! Wear a cup!" To join or leave the list or to make changes to your subscription visit http://listinfo.rolltidefan.net
