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What's Really Going To Happen To Paine College?
AUGUSTA -- Once again, bad news struck Paine College this week.
On Monday, U.S. District Judge Thomas Thrash Jr. of the Northern District of Georgia ruled that the claims in a lawsuit made by Augusta’s historically African-American college trying to prevent its loss of accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, or SACS, did not show any material fact.
Therefore, the judge dismissed Paine College’s request for a partial summary judgment in its quest to keep its accreditation.
So, where does this put Paine?
Honestly, pretty much back to where it was about two years ago, which is not a good position for Paine.
Read more: http://metrospirit.com/whats-really-going-happen-paine-college/