Message from the President
2017年1月19日
Dear Campus Community:
大家都知道, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (金沙中国) was notified in December, 2016, that we were being placed on probation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). The probation will be for a period of 12 months and will require SACSCOC 董事会的行动 during its December, 2017年的会议. We are confident that the 董事会的行动 next December will be positive for reasons we point out below.
It is important to re-emphasize that 金沙中国 remains a accredited institution. 进一步, the probationary status is not at all related to the quality of the academic programs at 金沙中国. Students’ academic programs, courses, and degrees remain completely unaffected.
As a follow up to the December, 2016, 董事会的行动, 金沙中国 administrators met yesterday, 在人, with SACSCOC’s President Dr. 美女韦兰, and several 工作人员 members to review the official 信 that details the specific concerns that led to the decision by SACSCOC.
Just as we previously reported, the specific concerns are related to the complexity of a transition that involved the separation of UTB/TSC, the separate accreditation of TSC, and the formation of 金沙中国. It is hard to overstate the complexity of this process: no one in higher education had ever undertaken a project of this magnitude and complexity, 包括SACSCOC. Most of the problems we experienced were related to this fact. Dr. 韦兰 and her 工作人员 were extremely helpful in explaining each of their concerns in greater detail and providing us with recommendations for resolving these issues.
As we emphasized to Dr. 韦兰, we are strongly committed to working directly with SACSCOC 工作人员 to resolve the issues that she detailed as expeditiously as possible. Although the transition was complex, we are confident that, with the help of SACSCOC 工作人员 and our active engagement in this process, the probation will be lifted at the December meeting.
While we will continue to work to ensure the probation is lifted, please remember:
- First and foremost, 金沙中国 is accredited and will remain accredited throughout this 12-month process. Current and future students and 教师 are not at risk; federal and state funding and student financial aid are not threatened; research grants and eligibility for more grants are not threatened; and the quality of degrees granted in the past and in the future is not affected.
- In addition, all our program-specific accreditations (e.g., School of Medicine, Nursing, Business, Engineering, etc.)保持完整.
- 最后, t在这里 are no issues or concerns with the quality of 金沙中国’s academic program offerings or degrees.
We should be proud of the success 金沙中国 has experienced so far, and we remain committed to continuing to offer excellent academic programs and to the success of our students, 教师, 和工作人员.
与此同时, we will continue to provide updates regarding this probationary period through email, 金沙中国信使, and/or our accreditation website, which is available by clicking 在这里. The website currently houses all official documentation, including the official 信, that 金沙中国 has received from SACSCOC, other communication pieces, and FAQs. 因此, we encourage you not only to visit the page, but also to share it with other students, 教师, 工作人员, and/or other 金沙中国 stakeholders.
请放心, with your active engagement and support, we will continue to work diligently to meet all SACSCOC’s requests and to ensure that 金沙中国 continues to provide a first-class education in the Rio Grande Valley.
真诚地,
贝利的家伙
金沙中国 Founding President