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Article: Edward Waters College loses accreditation appeal, files lawsuit.(Noteworthy News)(Brief Article)
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- Black Issues in Higher Education
- Article date:
- March 24, 2005
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JACKSONVILLE, FLA.
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools has turned down an appeal by Edward Waters College over the loss of its accreditation in a plagiarism scandal and the school has sued seeking an injunction to block the action.
The Jacksonville college lost its accreditation in December, two months after widespread plagiarism was discovered at the college. Edward Waters was founded in 1866 to educate newly freed slaves. The school enlisted the help of Lt. Gov. Toni Jennings and Jacksonville Mayor John Peyton and appealed the decision at a February hearing in Atlanta. It received notification days later that its appeal had been denied.
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