Philadelphia Business Journal December 2, 2015 Commission puts local university on 2-year probation Following a downward trend in enrollment and concerns about mismanaged federal funds, Cheyney University has been placed on watch status by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, the local accrediting body. Cheyney, a former teachers college founded in 1837, will have two years to shore up "institutional resources" or risk losing its accreditation, according to a statement on the commission website. "Probation indicates that an institution has been determined by the commission not to meet one or more standards for accreditation," according to the same public disclosure statement. Accreditation, a way of evaluating the quality of a college or university, also affects matters such as eligibility for financial aid. Go to Newsworks.org<http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/homepage-feature/item/88700-cheyney-university-placed-on-two-year-probation> for what this means for current students. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-702-5854 Skype: sandra.phoenix1 Like us on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance/ 1438 West Peachtree NW Suite 200 Atlanta,GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (LYRASIS) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children.