College of St. Joseph Preparing For Accreditation Loss

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Josh Landes

Published March 28, 2019 at 11:45 AM EDT

On March 21^st, Dr. Jennifer Scott – President of College of St. Joseph in Rutland, Vermont – announced that the school of around 200 students had been unable to find an institutional partner to save it from losing its accreditation. The attempt came after a ruling from the private Catholic college’s accreditors – the New England Commission of Higher Education – that it would be placed on probation if it couldn’t shore up its finances. Now, the college will enter a period of limbo as it approaches the loss of its accreditation in August. Scott spoke with WAMC about the school’s future.

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Josh Landes has been WAMC's Berkshire Bureau Chief since February 2018, following stints at WBGO Newark and WFMU East Orange. A passionate advocate for Western Massachusetts, Landes was raised in Pittsfield and attended Hampshire College in Amherst, receiving his bachelor's in Ethnomusicology and Radio Production. His free time is spent with his cat Harry, experimental electronic music, and exploring the woods.

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