Embattled Sojourner-Douglass College, which lost its accreditation last year and has been fighting to regain it ever since, is facing additional legal woes after Maryland’s attorney general announced Friday the state will sue for repayment of unspent grant funds. The suit, ...

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One year after losing its accreditation over financial difficulties and then unsuccessfully suing to get it back, Sojourner-Douglass College is appealing a federal judge's decision to grant summary judgment in favor of the accrediting body.

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The future of Sojourner-Douglass College is now in the hands of a federal judge. U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander heard final arguments Monday on the college’s request to reinstate its accreditation, which was withdrawn June 30. Sojourner-Douglass filed on ...

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Baltimore International College will hold on to its accreditation long enough to start the fall semester next week after a U.S. District Court judge threw the school a lifeline. The culinary and hospitality school’s accreditation was due to expire midnight ...

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Baltimore International College will retain its accreditation, and the critical federal financial aid eligibility that comes with it, to start the fall semester following a judge’s order issued late Wednesday night. U.S. District Court Judge Marvin J. Garbis issued a ...

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Baltimore International College made an 11th hour bid Wednesday to hold on to its accreditation, seeking to maintain that key stamp of approval to start the fall semester and keep its acquisition by a for-profit university on track. The troubled ...

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Baltimore International College’s hospitality and culinary arts programs will soon be taken over by Virginia-based Stratford University, officials announced Monday, in a deal struck following the loss of Baltimore International’s accreditation that would have threatened the 39-year-old school’s existence. BIC ...

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Baltimore International College will not be closing immediately, its board of trustees said Thursday, but its future could lie in merging with another institution or appealing the pending loss of a critical accreditation. The statement ended a day and a ...

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Nervous and, in some cases, angry students of Baltimore International College will have to wait until Thursday to see if their school will be closed in the wake of its losing a vital accreditation. The school was also criticized for ...

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