STC partners with UTRGV despite probation
EDINBURG, RGV – Despite the recent news announcing the probation of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley due to accreditation problems, the university and South Texas College signed an articulation agreement allowing students from the community college to transfer smoothly into UTRGV.
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) put UTRGV on probation for a year. Havidan Rodriguez, UTRGV provost, said the University is waiting for written documentation from SACSCOC that will be forthcoming mid-January for a clear understanding of how the University got to this point.
The University remains fully accredited by SACSCOC. Rodriguez said the academic credentials of UTRGV have not been challenged and as a strong institution, are building excellent undergraduate and graduate programs at the master’s and doctoral level. The probation has no impact over UTRGV students, academic credentials or degrees, he said.
“More importantly, we need to figure out how to address the issues and concerns that SACSCOC has and continue to move forward,” Rodriguez told the Rio Grande Guardian. “This does not stop–by any way, shape or form–the growth and development of UTRGV and its administrative and academic programs.”
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