UAG at risk of losing med school accreditation following harrassment scandal
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Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara is clearly a special case in American higher education. While comparable schools have decades of solid records, this university has one: A football program that won national championships from 1917 through 1952, and produces football players and coaching talent that is coveted by Division 1 schools from nearby Jalisco and Eastern Mexico. That doesn’t just happen in a bubble; there must be a special kind of talent on the capital, in the right spots, that offers extra demands on a school that is also dealing with years of skyrocketing tuition and state budget cuts. Indeed, UAG has been mentioned as a probable candidate for expansion to a new brand-new campus in Mexico City.
Now, UAG faces the threat of losing its accreditation. It’s one of a number of struggling, new colleges across the country that has been targeted by a renewed purge on the part of the Department of Public Education (SEP) of institutions that look too much like big, public universities. UAG, which has only been in existence since 1972, has already been in a protracted battle with the SEP, and seems to have been looking for a U.S. partner for years. Now SEP has launched a probe to determine whether UAG’s honor code is so restrictive that it would impede the continuation of the school’s accreditation. SEP has also ordered a review of UAG’s finances, hinting that funds are either being used inefficiently or paid out recklessly.
UAG officials made clear that they were shocked by the SEP investigation and the threat of losing accreditation, and decried the SEP’s moves as a further attempt to undermine one of the world’s few truly innovative and prestigious public research universities. It’s important to remember that UAG isn’t just a football program; it’s a small school, created to cater to students from all across Jalisco. The typical geography of public colleges seems to emphasize schools in the more densely populated states that can afford to pursue top-notch researchers, and schools in rural areas that can’t. However, there are also enclaves for a couple of small but highly specialized, targeted institutions. One, the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, is primarily known for its superb teams.
Accreditation is important because it offers a seal of approval for academic programs, and often facilities and hiring practices. If a school doesn’t have adequate accreditation, it often struggles to attract students and to persuade universities to hire talented faculty.
Right now, the school is in the midst of forming an outstanding faculty team. It’s already been getting help from faculty and students nationwide, and the very successful program at the University of Texas at Austin has been one model of great success for smaller, bilingual programs that need to draw on more globally diverse teaching talent.
At a time when colleges are battling shrinking state support and the income divide between rich and poor is growing, accreditation is a big deal, not just for the institution but for its students. Accreditation is a symbol of legitimacy, of being able to say to outsiders that the school will put students first and will not just churn out students. A club of students who attend UAG might be the most competitive group of people anywhere, and if the students are required to apply for and commit to a rigorous program, many, many will choose to attend UAG. The prospect of losing accreditation will have serious consequences for UAG, and also for the students.
This is not the way things should work. Accreditation is a tool to help schools do their best, but it is also a benchmark for the public. Do students get the values they expect? Are they given an equal chance? Is the institution ethical and provides an opportunity to reach its full potential? Do institutions promote excellence?
Accreditation for UAG isn’t a guarantee that it will continue for many years, and that’s one more sign that something is wrong in this country. When accreditation is threatened, and there’s not always just one reason, people get unsettled. They want answers, and when the students are jeopardized and the university is at risk, surely there must be something very wrong. For students who have invested their lives and careers in that institution, a loss of accreditation would be devastating.
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