Southeastern University (D.C.) Loses Accreditation
The District of Columbia's Southeastern University has lost its accreditation after 130 years of service to low-income and international students, and school officials do not expect to offer students a fall term, the Washington Post reports.
A report from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, the university's accrediting body, found that the small, private college was losing faculty, enrollment, financial stability, and academic rigor. The school's accreditation expired August 31.
Even though about half of the 645 students enrolled at Southeastern last fall graduated in late June, another accreditation report found that only 14 percent of first-time students seeking bachelor's degrees at Southeastern graduated within six years. The report also noted that the university employed just 10 full-time faculty members to teach more than 30 academic programs with help from 150 adjunct professors. Many of Southeastern's former students have transferred to other Washington-area colleges and universities.
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I attended in the early 90's
I have for years tried to get record information from SEU when I attended but with no response to emails or voice messages that I left. I see why now. Too Bad
I attended froom 2000 until 2001
It didn't take a rocket scientist to see that this school was NOT headed in the right direction. Dr. Jarvis was NEVER present that I could see and students found it nearly impossible to get basic everyday needs met. The faculty was a joke. Many of the classes I attended did not have knowledgeable instructors. In fact there were many times where students were correcting the instructors. If that wasn't enough, my marketing instructor recruited people to sell Amway products. YES!!! Amway...and if you didn't show up to his house for his "sales pitch" guess what? You didn't receive your "extra" credit. I attended this school for 2 years. Long enough to realize that I had better transfer elsewhere if I wanted to learn something.
SEU
I attended SEU in 1997-2001 when Dr. Charlene Drew Jarvis became President. The university had diverse students from all over the world. Enrollment increased and the faculty had improved thanks to Dr. Jarvis. I was unaware that she left the University. Anyony know why?
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