HBCU placed on accreditation probation by TRACS

May 29, 2024

in Sports

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A tiny HBCU that at all times appears to finish up as an enormous subject of debate throughout soccer season is in huge bother.

Virginia College of Lynchburg, an HBCU situated in Lynchburg, VA was positioned on probation by the Transnational Affiliation of Christian Faculties and Faculties (TRACS) late final month.

The probation standing stems from VUL’s important non-compliance with TRACS Requirements 11.2 (Monetary Operations) and 17.12 (Title IV Participation), which query the establishment’s capacity to meet its mission and supply a top quality instructional expertise. To handle these points, VUL is required to submit its June 30, 2023, audit and supply a plan for working below restricted money circulation situations, documenting out there reserves.

Moreover, VUL should submit common progress reviews to TRACS, detailing their efforts to adjust to the desired requirements. An up to date Compliance Report, addressing the deficiencies and some other required data, have to be submitted by September 1, 2024, for overview on the October assembly.

TRACS has outlined a number of doable outcomes relying on VUL’s progress: eradicating the probation if compliance is achieved, persevering with probation, extending probation (with a strict six-month restrict), imposing a extra extreme sanction (Present Trigger), a much less extreme sanction (Warning), or taking hostile motion. The following steps for VUL are essential as it really works to rectify its non-compliance and guarantee it meets the accreditation requirements to keep up its accredited standing.

VUL soccer is a member of the NCCAA — the Nationwide Christian School Athletic Affiliation — nevertheless it typically performs in opposition to FCS degree opponents — HBCU and in any other case. It’s at the moment scheduled to play Texas Southern, Morgan State and North Carolina Central on the Division I degree in addition to Livingstone School on the D2 degree.