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Charting new waters, North Idaho College prepares for life without accreditation

by KAYE THORNBRUGH
Staff Writer | July 7, 2024 1:08 AM

COEUR d’ALENE — North Idaho College trustees agreed this week on how to prepare for a worst-case scenario where the college loses accreditation next spring, though administrators are optimistic it won’t come to that.

Since last February, NIC has operated under a show-cause sanction issued by its accreditor, the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. Show cause is the last step before loss of accreditation. 

NIC was not sanctioned because of problems with finances or academics, as is usually the case for colleges facing loss of accreditation, but rather because of board governance issues stretching back to 2020. 

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