Virginia University of Lynchburg Accreditation on Warning

[sanantone]

HBCU's are holding on because of TRACS. They're in their long twilight now. They're slowly dying. The time for many of these HBCU's are slowly fading, as our world becomes more integrated and diverse. They're getting absorbed by, or dwarved by, much larger campuses with more degree pathways for student. By the end of this century, I suspect only a few HBCUs will remain. We don't live in a world where you're banned from pursuing degrees by skin color.

Hopefully the remaining HBCUs can adapt. VUL tried. I hope it works out for them, if not, at least they tried. But, I think a lot of the issues stim from Franklin's tenure.

I have job alerts for all online instructor job openings posted on Indeed and for several different fields on Higher Ed Jobs. Some institutions have stopped specifying that they require regional accreditation while others still list it as a requirement.

The problem I have with VUL is that they lie to students and say that it's illegal now for an employer to require regional accreditation. It is not. I still haven't come across a VUL DHA graduate who is a professor or instructor at an RA school in a job that requires a doctorate. I've come across some who became professors with a regionally accredited master's degree prior to starting VUL or at the beginning of their DHA program. VUL told me that some of their graduates have become professors. It would help if they posted those examples on their website.

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I searched for "regionally accredited" on Indeed, and there were 6,143 results mostly in higher education.

ashkir is now teaching at U of the P. Maybe that's what VUL is referring to? Or maybe they're just blowing smoke.

I teach at U of P and University of Maine at Presque Isle. A few of my cohort from the DHA class teach at Scripps, University of Texas, Tyler, Florida State.

HBCU applications are up because of the negative rhetoric surrounding diversity. The larger HBCUs have easily maintained regional accreditation, some for nearly 100 years. 

Are the alumni teaching with their master's degrees or their DHAs? If they're adjuncts, lecturers, or instructors, most of those jobs only require a master's degree. In unique situations, a person may even be able to become a tenure-track professor with a master's degree. I came across a VUL graduate who started as a professor with just a master's degree.