Nursing School Loses Accreditation and Students Sue Owens College
A nursing school had lost its national accreditation but it seems failed to tell its students in time to change college degree programs so now they are suing or the lost years.
The nursing school in question is Owens Community College in Ohio and the students who were or are studying the two year degree progam now find that it will come without a national accreditation. Previously the national league of nursing had identified back in 2006 that the nursing school needed to improve its faculty credentials but had failed to do so.
Dr Renay Scott who is the nursing school’s new VP said that they had now filed papers for reaccreditation but that may not help all the current students that have been studying and many have already hire attornies to help in this situation. Owens College only revealed in October of this year that they had lost the accreditation but unfortunately was too late for the students to register at another school to continue their education.
Now the University of Toledo has stepped in after an informational session for worried students and they say their accreditation is rock solid and many have made the switch to the new program although the dean of UT says that only high quality students in the Owens program will be able to make the switch.
From current information it appears that four students are suing Owens because they claim that the school knew in 2007 that their accreditation was in jeopardy and failed to let students know. The lawsuit has already been filed for damages in excess of $25,000 for each student. In the lawsuit it alleges that the school received a letter in July 2007 to say the accreditation would be removed for its associate degree nursing program and the commission said not all of Owens’ faculty had graduate degrees in nursing, and Owens did not demonstrate educational effectiveness in several areas