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- The accrediting body that ordered Tiffin University to stop enrolling students in the Ivy Bridge College program it operates with a for-profit company says the program had problems with student retention and course quality.
- The head of the for-profit partner said the commission's criticism was uncalled for and that it was trying to justify its hasty actions.
- The commission said it ordered a halt to enrollment because Ivy Bridge needed special approval and Tiffin decided not to pursue that approval; program officials said they had been caught up in a change of the rules.
From the article:
... Despite the college's name and its stated goal of providing transfer opportunities to students, Ivy Bridge "was a bridge to nowhere—and it was not part of Tiffin," Sylvia Manning, president of the Higher Learning Commission, said in an interview on Monday. ...