427:(HLC), in September 2023. The commission's peer review team reported that the president and board of governors "do not operate with integrity in several academic and human resources functions," including accusations that the university president hired several faculty members without input from university faculty, that the president fired a staff member following their meeting with the peer review team, and that the university's governing board were "not making decisions in the best interest of the university". President Capehart resigned shortly after the report was delivered to the university. The HLC peer review team also recommended that the commission require the university to provide additional information to justify their accreditation.
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Concord University.
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Virginia Legislature created a community college system offering two-year degrees at new institutions across the state. Among them was New River Community and Technical College. Bluefield State
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Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) from 1955 until its dissolution in 2013. The men’s teams were tournament finalists in 1987 and 1988. The women's teams won conference titles in 1985, 1987, 1990 and 1993. Additionally, they won
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Bluefield Regional Medical Center property, adding 68 acres to the campus and naming the student facility the Medical Education Center Residence Hall. Former patient rooms were converted to residences; a cafeteria and lounge areas were built in time for
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American students protested that the school administration was working actively to transform Bluefield State from a historic black residential college to a
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African Americans. At that time, the West Virginia Constitution prohibited racially integrated public education. Bluefield was within 100 miles of 70% of the state’s African American residents. The school was located on a steep four-acre
354:, an abolitionist and first president of Storer College, served as president of the board of regents. Hatter oversaw the construction of Mahood Hall, the administrative building, as well as dormitories Lewis Hall and West Hall. Mahood Hall was named for State Senator
390:, and college president Wendell Hardway responded by closing all dormitories immediately and permanently. Students returning from Thanksgiving break found themselves locked out. The actions accelerated the college’s transition to a majority white student body.
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commuter college with predominantly white students. Tension persisted, and on
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the 2021–22 school year. Enrollment continued to grow during that time. Bluefield State leased back emergency department facilities to the
Princeton Community Hospital, owners of the Bluefield Regional Medical Center.
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A History of Education in West Virginia: From Early Colonial Times to 1949
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705:. Huntington, WV: Standard Printing and Publishing Company.
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