 Texas Tech might lose its accreditation |
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 Dec 13 2007, 12:23 PM
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http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/12130...121307031.shtml
wow, i hope the administrators get their shit together so that expensive piece of paper I receive on Saturday actually means something This post has been edited by jwttu: Dec 13 2007, 12:23 PM |
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Dec 13 2007, 12:28 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 756 Joined: 22-February 06 From: san marcos, tx Member No.: 27 |
this, is nothing to worry about
in 90% of the cases of probation, it is a matter of including additional information. the article practically says that. Give them time to manipulate some data (which all schools do for regional accreditation) and to ship the report over. we've still got national accreditation full status and individual departments usually have accreditation as well |
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Dec 13 2007, 12:32 PM
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Group: Moderators Posts: 885 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Lubbock, Texas Member No.: 12 |
ya its just disappointing, you think tech would have their act together
i have no doubt that my diploma will be useful for my than a paper airplane |
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Dec 13 2007, 12:34 PM
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Corrupting the youth of America Group: Members Posts: 528 Joined: 12-May 06 From: Alice, TX Member No.: 176 |
as long as my department is still good i dont really give a flying fuck
-------------------- Brandon....you're the reason I'm pro-choice.
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Dec 13 2007, 12:35 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 756 Joined: 22-February 06 From: san marcos, tx Member No.: 27 |
this happens more often than you think. its not because they are worried about our competency just one of those things where we have to send in a 6,000 page document to be evaluated and we missed out on one section or we missed a statisically significant standard.
not a reflection on the university in my opinion, knowing what i know about accreditation. |
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Dec 13 2007, 12:37 PM
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Group: Moderators Posts: 885 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Lubbock, Texas Member No.: 12 |
QUOTE Probation is a serious finding of non-compliance and usually a last step before revoking an institution's membership in the accreditation association, according to the association's policies. Thats what bothers me |
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Dec 13 2007, 01:31 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 756 Joined: 22-February 06 From: san marcos, tx Member No.: 27 |
its also the only step usually.
Accredited Reaffirming (we were in this process) Probation (now we are here) Suspension its being blown out of proportion. I will probably end up serving on a few accreditation committees before my career in student affairs is over |
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Dec 13 2007, 01:32 PM
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 Group: Members Posts: 926 Joined: 2-May 07 Member No.: 1,015 |
QUOTE (jwttu @ Dec 13 2007, 12:32 PM)  i have no doubt that my diploma will be useful for my than a paper airplane yeah that is why I am making a set of place-mats out of mine... --------------------  |
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Dec 13 2007, 01:34 PM
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CHEE CHEE Group: Members Posts: 5,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: trapped in the hoezone layer Member No.: 39 |
so no class in january? sweeeeet
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Dec 13 2007, 01:39 PM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 2,558 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Seoul, South Korea Member No.: 28 |
the aggies on texags are having a field day with this.
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Dec 13 2007, 01:50 PM
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 New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
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Dec 13 2007, 01:52 PM
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Group: Moderators Posts: 2,558 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Seoul, South Korea Member No.: 28 |
i hate aggy
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Dec 13 2007, 01:53 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 756 Joined: 22-February 06 From: san marcos, tx Member No.: 27 |
what's worse? missing some paperwork in a 6,000+ page document
or selling insider injury tips to boosters |
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Dec 13 2007, 01:58 PM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
School rivalries are dumb. Tech, A&M, and UT are all excellent schools.
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Dec 13 2007, 01:59 PM
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CHEE CHEE Group: Members Posts: 5,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: trapped in the hoezone layer Member No.: 39 |
if the average person only realized that
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Dec 13 2007, 02:13 PM
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Group: Moderators Posts: 2,558 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Seoul, South Korea Member No.: 28 |
QUOTE (Testm0nkey @ Dec 13 2007, 01:59 PM) if the average person only realized that i bet you at least 80% of a&m students would not agree with that statement though. part about tech at least. -------------------- |
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Dec 13 2007, 04:41 PM
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Corrupting the youth of America Group: Members Posts: 528 Joined: 12-May 06 From: Alice, TX Member No.: 176 |
Moral of the story...It doesn't matter how good the school really is is....the administrators always fuck it up =(
-------------------- Brandon....you're the reason I'm pro-choice.
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Dec 13 2007, 04:48 PM
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 Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
Even if Tech lost its accreditation, the degree would still be worth plenty. Some employer isn't going to go "Well we'd hire you but Texas Tech apparently sucks so naaah."
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Dec 13 2007, 04:51 PM
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Corrupting the youth of America Group: Members Posts: 528 Joined: 12-May 06 From: Alice, TX Member No.: 176 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ Dec 13 2007, 05:48 PM) Even if Tech lost its accreditation, the degree would still be worth plenty. Some employer isn't going to go "Well we'd hire you but Texas Tech apparently sucks so naaah." Every music ed major out of tech in the past 20 years that has kept teaching, have pretty much paved the way in Texas for everyone....Tech degree in Music = win. On top of that, we have a damn good law and med school....so i don't care about the overall accreditation just the departmental. -------------------- Brandon....you're the reason I'm pro-choice.
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Dec 13 2007, 05:01 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
You're a music major? Is Don Lucas still the trombone prof?
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Dec 13 2007, 05:20 PM
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Group: Moderators Posts: 2,558 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Seoul, South Korea Member No.: 28 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ Dec 13 2007, 05:01 PM) You're a music major? Is Don Lucas still the trombone prof? he went to ny years ago -------------------- |
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Dec 13 2007, 06:06 PM
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Corrupting the youth of America Group: Members Posts: 528 Joined: 12-May 06 From: Alice, TX Member No.: 176 |
QUOTE (jonathan83 @ Dec 13 2007, 06:20 PM) he went to ny years ago no he never went to NY he teaches at boston university That guy was a badass....from his playing to the way he treated students....I missed having him in my juries =( -------------------- Brandon....you're the reason I'm pro-choice.
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Dec 13 2007, 07:42 PM
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 Oh baby bring me down  Group: Agents Posts: 4,115 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Way out yonder Member No.: 68 |
med school is ok here, but good EE and ME depts.
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Dec 13 2007, 07:44 PM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
Oh no my philosophy degree might not be as valuable anymore!!!!
i kid. |
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Dec 13 2007, 11:29 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 556 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 16 |
QUOTE (Jessica @ Dec 13 2007, 07:44 PM) Oh no my philosophy degree might not be as valuable anymore!!!! i kid. 
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Dec 13 2007, 11:40 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE (RitalinJunkie @ Dec 13 2007, 06:06 PM) no he never went to NY he teaches at boston university That guy was a badass....from his playing to the way he treated students....I missed having him in my juries =( Heheh he recruited me from High School and wanted to give me a scholarship... but I'd have to be a music major and I didn't want to. |
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Dec 14 2007, 12:39 AM
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Group: Moderators Posts: 2,558 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Seoul, South Korea Member No.: 28 |
QUOTE (RitalinJunkie @ Dec 13 2007, 06:06 PM) no he never went to NY he teaches at boston university That guy was a badass....from his playing to the way he treated students....I missed having him in my juries =( oh thats right. well i knew it was somewhere up there. -------------------- |
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Dec 14 2007, 12:42 AM
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Group: Moderators Posts: 2,558 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Seoul, South Korea Member No.: 28 |
when lucas was here, we had a very good trombone section in the goin' band. even for the couple years after he left, just because those guys were still there. it got to the point where the student body thought the trombone part in the fight song was the melody
....some still do i'm sure. the trombone section isn't as strong anymore if you listen nowadays. -------------------- |
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Dec 14 2007, 09:27 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
Yeah I was part of the fire eater bone line in those days
 Fun times. It's a shame to hear it's died down, although I suspected after Bearden retired it'd might.
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Dec 14 2007, 09:30 AM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 2,499 Joined: 23-February 06 From: El Paso Texas Member No.: 32 |
QUOTE Tech programs remain accredited by 25 other such agencies, Whitmore said, and he had no concerns about what news of the probation so close to when college-bound high school seniors will decide which university to attend could do to next year's enrollment.
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Dec 14 2007, 12:25 PM
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Corrupting the youth of America Group: Members Posts: 528 Joined: 12-May 06 From: Alice, TX Member No.: 176 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ Dec 14 2007, 10:27 AM) Yeah I was part of the fire eater bone line in those days Fun times. It's a shame to hear it's died down, although I suspected after Bearden retired it'd might.Yeah....I cant say too much on that topic....professionalism crap and all...but some things have gotten better.....many, however, have not. -------------------- Brandon....you're the reason I'm pro-choice.
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Dec 14 2007, 12:45 PM
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Group: Moderators Posts: 2,558 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Seoul, South Korea Member No.: 28 |
Bearden leaving has a LOT to do with everything going downhill.
edit: oh and impala, the trombone fireeater rank, the trumpet rank and woodwind rank were totally taken out by Anderson. now it's just one big block 
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Dec 14 2007, 02:07 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
Blasphemy! Cool part about the band 2 fireeater bone line was we got to march right behind the twirlers
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Dec 14 2007, 03:22 PM
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I was raised on the dairy, BITCH! Group: Members Posts: 3,080 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Cedar Park Member No.: 49 |
this isn't the first time it's happened to tech
then there was that time when multiple departments were on the verge of losing accreditation -------------------- "Ah, y'know it's funny, these people they go to sleep, they think everything's fine, everything's good. They wake up the next day and they're on fire."
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Dec 14 2007, 04:04 PM
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QUOTE (chook @ Dec 13 2007, 07:42 PM) med school is ok here, but good EE and ME depts. wrd -------------------- |
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Dec 15 2007, 03:39 PM
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Corrupting the youth of America Group: Members Posts: 528 Joined: 12-May 06 From: Alice, TX Member No.: 176 |
The school of education is actually quite good too
-------------------- Brandon....you're the reason I'm pro-choice.
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Dec 15 2007, 05:51 PM
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CHEE CHEE Group: Members Posts: 5,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: trapped in the hoezone layer Member No.: 39 |
as is the Addictive, Recovery and Treatment school (its a major in HS) one of the best in the country if not the best?
i dont know about HS in the broad term but a lot of majors under it are pretty high up there (hdfs, interior design etc) -------------------- Little monkeys making money
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Dec 15 2007, 11:22 PM
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 monogamous gays & stem cells Group: Members Posts: 3,789 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 8 |
yeah interior design is one of the top in the country. know a couple of girls that got ridiculous jobs in new york and california coming out of that program.
the addiction/recovery is probably the best. when i was there they kept getting money thrown at them. the pfp program just got a shitton of money (like $4-6m) from some big financial company (i think ING) and they're supposed to be building a whole new "wing" on the HS building. don't really know about the hdfs... everyone i know who graduated under that was either unemployed when they walked or was staying for a masters. |
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Dec 16 2007, 03:04 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 756 Joined: 22-February 06 From: san marcos, tx Member No.: 27 |
we also have an accomplished meteorology program, and our philosophy department is one of the top 10 masters only programs in the nation.
plenty to be proud of |
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Dec 16 2007, 03:10 PM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
yeah... looking back, i should have stayed there for my masters in philosophy. I had several professors requesting me to join the grad program because of my writing...and the fact that I'm a girl (something their program needs more of). They were going to let me in conditionally before taking my GRE. I should have done it. Oh well. Maybe in the future, when I pay some loans down and finish this second degree Im working on now.
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Dec 16 2007, 03:36 PM
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Group: Moderators Posts: 885 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Lubbock, Texas Member No.: 12 |
wow its pretty sad the chancellor had to address this issue in his graduation speech
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Dec 17 2007, 11:19 AM
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 goldmember Group: Members Posts: 192 Joined: 27-February 06 From: dallas Member No.: 94 |
Dear Friends and Supporters:
On December 11, Texas Tech University was cited for insufficient reporting of general education data by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), only one of the agency's 87 standards for accreditation. Despite the unfortunate message this announcement sends to alumni, students and friends like you, there was no fault found with the quality of any academic program at Texas Tech University according to SACS. I have personally spoken with Dr. Wheelan, President of SACS, and she assured me that Texas Tech University remains in good standing with SACS and that she is confident the reporting requirement will be satisfied at their next meeting in December 2008. I guarantee that Texas Tech University is not in jeopardy of losing accreditation with this agency, or the more than 25 other accrediting agencies that presently hold us in high standing. University officials and I are doing everything in our power to rectify this situation, reaffirm your confidence in this fine institution and protect its excellent reputation. Respectfully, Kent Hance --------------------  |
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Dec 17 2007, 03:41 PM
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 GORILLA FLUFFER Group: Agents Posts: 7,711 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lubbock Member No.: 50 |
heh... you said sacs
--------------------  QUOTE (Jessica @ May 7 2007, 01:15 PM) but yeehaw dammit. YEEHAW QUOTE (Dogmeat @ Jun 26 2008, 07:51 PM) ok once upon a time I jacked myself off retarded. Licking anuses, one kindergarten class at a time!! |
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Dec 22 2007, 09:56 AM
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Group: Moderators Posts: 885 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Lubbock, Texas Member No.: 12 |
so now hance has a committee looking into whos fault it is
someones head is gonna roll |
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Jan 1 2008, 04:57 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 40 Joined: 17-October 06 Member No.: 344 |
Uhh yeah, didn't UT go through this in '99. People need to pull their heads out.
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