Saint Augustine's will stay accredited for students attending in the fall as financial hardships continue
MAKE IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR
THE DEPARTMENT TO DO ITS WORK.
>> TODAY, ANOTHER LEGAL BLOW
FOR SAINT AUGUSTINE'S
UNIVERSITY IN RALEIGH IN ITS
FIGHT TO KEEP ITS ACCREDITATION
AND ARBITRATION PANEL UPHELD
THE SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION OF
COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS DECISION
TO REMOVE THE UNIVERSITY FROM
ITS MEMBERSHIP, LEAVING ITS
ACCREDITATION UP IN THE AIR
AFTER PERSISTENT FINANCIAL
TROUBLE. THE BUREAU'S HEIDI
KIRK IS LIVE OUTSIDE THE
UNIVERSITY IN RALEIGH AND HEIDI
ALUMNI ARE STARTING TO REACT TO
THIS NEWS.
>> WELL, JERROLD, THIS
UNIVERSITY IS SO BELOVED FOR
THE THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS HAVE
GRADUATED FROM HERE. AND THIS
IS JUST THE LATEST HEARTBREAK
FOR THEM. NOW IN A STATEMENT
GUSTIN SAYS DESPITE THE
ARBITRATION PANEL'S DECISION,
THIS FIGHT IS FAR FROM OVER.
>> THEY SAY THE UNIVERSITY'S
ATTORNEYS PLAN TO FILE AN
INJUNCTION IN COURT TO PREVENT
ANY DISRUPTION TO THE
UNIVERSITY'S CURRENT
ACCREDITATION STATUS. NOW FALL
2025 CLASSES WILL COMMENCE.
VIRTUALLY IS SCHEDULED FOR BOTH
NEW AND RETURNING STUDENTS.
THEY SAY THEY WILL PUSH FORWARD
WITH PLANS FOR FINANCIAL
RECOVERY. NOW, ALUMNI THAT WE
SPOKE WITH TODAY SAY THEY FEEL
THE UNIVERSITY HASN'T DONE
ENOUGH AND THEY CONTINUE TO
MAKE THOSE CALLS FOR ACTION.
>> WE ALONE, I DO NOT WANT THE
UNIVERSITY TO GO IN PERIL.
THAT GIVEN YOUR UNIVERSITY
NEEDS TO STATE AND I'M ASKING
ALL THE PARTNERS THAT WE'VE
TALKED TO OVER THESE LAST YEARS
TO STAND WITH. THAT'S TO MAKE
HOLES TO CALL THEIR STATE
REPRESENTATIVES TO CALL THE
ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, OUR
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN RALEIGH
AND LET THEM KNOWS SANTA
DUSTINGS MUST STAND.
>> AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE
THAT THIS UNIVERSITY WILL
REMAIN OPERATIONAL DURING THE
ENTIRETY OF THAT LITIGATION
PROCESS. SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS
FOR STUDENTS RETURNING AND
STARTING HERE FOR THE FULL 2025