Saint Augustine’s University has lost accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) following a binding arbitration process, an outcome that feels almost inevitable after years of instability and internal discord at the Raleigh HBCU. For the past several years, SAU has been plagued by declining enrollment, snowballing debts totaling in the tens of millions of dollars, and calls from alumni and former trustees to replace its top leaders. Last year, INDY and The Assembly reported that the NC attorney general’s office is investigating the university over allegations related to its board of trustees. The current board chair,
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