Now-defunct Sojourner-Douglass College has agreed to pay approximately $400,000 in unused grant funds back to the state as a part of a settlement agreement announced Wednesday. The settlement resolves claims brought in November that the college, which lost its accreditation ...

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Sojourner-Douglass College’s last chance to regain its accreditation would be in the hands of the Supreme Court. A U.S. District Court judge granted summary judgment last year in favor of the accrediting agency, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. ...

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The fight to save Sojourner-Douglass College, which was forced to shut its doors in 2015 after losing accreditation, was dealt another blow Thursday as the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a federal judge’s summary judgment ruling dismissing the case. ...

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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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Another term was set to begin at Sojourner-Douglass College this month but the school remains embroiled in a legal battle to regain its accreditation and must respond to a motion for summary judgment filed by the Middle States Commission on ...

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A federal judge has denied a preliminary injunction that would have restored the accreditation of Sojourner-Douglass College, calling into question whether the school’s next term will move forward. The school’s lawsuit against the Middle States Commission on Higher Education remains ...

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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Ellen L. Hollander heard final arguments Monday on the college’s request to reinstate its accreditation, which was withdrawn June 30.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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A federal judge is considering whether to grant Sojourner-Douglass College’s request to reinstate its accreditation, which was withdrawn June 30. Sojourner-Douglass filed both a motion for a temporary restraining order and a lawsuit against the Middle States Commission on Higher ...

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