What Happens When a College Loses Accreditation?
Most colleges, universities and even K-12 schools are accredited. Accreditation demonstrates to the public at large, other institutions and potential employers that students graduating from an accredited school are well prepared and educated. So when a school loses its accreditation status its students can often experience some negative repercussions. When a College Fails When a college, university or vocational program loses its accreditation status, there are many more looming implications for its students. Students attending the school at the time of the accreditation loss face the school closing rather abruptly. This is due to the fact that the federal government does not usually provide financial aid to unaccredited post secondary institutions. The vast majority of these schools are heavily dependent on financial aid and the immediate withdrawal of all government funds guarantees that the school will quickly go bankrupt. Furthermore, these students will have a difficult time findi
