March 2024 Actions

HLC’s Board of Trustees, Institutional Actions Council (IAC) and staff take actions on institutional evaluations, requests from institutions for approval of substantive changes, and other aspects of the accreditation relationship.

HLC posts all institutional actions within 30 days after the action is taken. Actions taken during March 2024 are published below and/or on the institution’s Statement of Accreditation Status in the HLC Directory of Institutions.

IAC Actions, March 13 IAC Actions, March 19 Staff Actions

Institutional Actions Council, March 13

The Higher Learning Commission’s Institutional Actions Council took the following action on March 13, 2024.

Colorado

Denial of Request for Change

Front Range Community College, Westminster, CO

  • Denied the institution’s request to offer the certificate in Wildland Fire through a contractual relationship with the Ember Alliance.

Institutional Actions Council, March 19

The Higher Learning Commission’s Institutional Actions Council took the following actions on March 19, 2024.

Ohio

Notre Dame College, Cleveland, OH

  • Approved the institution’s Provisional Plan and Teach-Out Agreements with the following institutions:
    • Albion College, Albion, MI
    • Ashland University, Ashland, OH
    • Baldwin-Wallace University, Berea, OH
    • Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
    • Gannon University, Erie, PA
    • Hiram College, Hiram, OH
    • Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, IN
    • John Carroll University, University Heights, OH
    • Kent State University, Kent, OH
    • Lake Erie College, Painesville, OH
    • Mercyhurst University, Erie, PA
    • Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, OH
    • Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV
    • Thiel College, Greenville, PA
    • University of Mount Union, Alliance, OH
    • Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, OH
    • Walsh University, North Canton, OH
    • Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH

Wisconsin

Northland College, Ashland, WI

  • Approved the institution’s Provisional Plan and Teach-Out Agreements with the following institutions:
    • College of Atlantic, ME
    • Gustavus Adolphus College, MN

HLC Staff

Higher Learning Commission staff members took the following actions in March 2024.

Ohio

Union Institute and University (Cincinnati, OH) and Antioch University (Yellow Springs, OH)

  • Approved the Teach-Out Agreement wherein Antioch University will be a teach-out receiving institution for Union Institute and University’s Doctor of Education in Educational and Professional Practice program. (Approved March 13, 2024)

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