Public Disclosure Notices and Public Statements
The Higher Learning Commission issues a public disclosure notice (PDN) when it imposes a designation or sanction, issues a Show-Cause Order, or takes an adverse action on an institution, including withdrawal of accreditation. A PDN is also posted when an institution voluntarily resigns its affiliation with HLC. More information about each of these situations is available at Special Conditions for Monitoring. The PDN includes a history of the institution’s relationship with HLC, the nature of the action, and a brief analysis of the situation that prompted the action, as well as next steps in review and correction, if applicable.
Current Public Disclosure Notices
Institutional Designations
On Notice
- Arizona Christian University
- East-West University
- Greenville University
- Highland Community College (Illinois)
- Independence Community College
- Kuyper College
- Malone University
- Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
- National University of Health Sciences
- University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
- Upper Iowa University
- Westminster College (Missouri)
- Winebrenner Theological Seminary
On Probation
- Adams State University
- Alderson Broaddus University
- Baptist Bible College
- Black River Technical College
- Chatfield College
- Donnelly College
- Emmaus Bible College
- Garden City Community College
- Grace University
- Hebrew Theological College
- Leech Lake Tribal College
- Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
- MacMurray College
- New Mexico Highlands University
- St. Paul School of Theology
- Wentworth Military Academy and College
- West Virginia Northern Community College
- William Jewell College
Show-Cause Order
Removed From Sanction or Designation (past six months)
Voluntary Resignation of Affiliation With HLC (past five years)
- Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary
- Art Institutes International Minnesota
- Aquinas Institute of Theology
- Ashford University
- Brown Mackie College-Salina
- Central Christian College of the Bible
- Grace University
- Jones International University
- Knowledge Systems Institute
- Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Chicago
- Lexington College
- Northern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Phillips Theological Seminary
- Saint Gregory’s University
- Santa Fe University of Art and Design
- Shimer College
- Trinity Lutheran Seminary
- University of Akron Wayne College
- Urbana University
Public Statements
HLC also posts public statements to correct or confirm a media report, to respond to frequent inquiries from the public or to address notable institutional matters in the public eye.