MEMOIRS BY DR. SAMUEL H. SUTHERLAND PRESIDENT EMERITUS
June 20, 1986 Page 1 - Tape 2
QUESTION:
CAN YOU RECOUNT THE PROCESS AND THE TRIALS THAT BIOLA WENT THROUGH TO GAIN INITIAL ACCREDITATION WITH THE WASC (WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES)? There were some real major problems that we had to overcome in order to get accreditation by the Western College Association or WASC: 1) We needed to overcome the opposition of certain members of the Board who were against the idea of being accredited by a secular organization; 2) we needed to overcome faculty opposition; 3) we needed to overcome considerable alumni opposition; 4) one of the biggest sources of opposition was the Western College Association itself. They always considered Biola as a sub- collegiate organization, not to be considered worthy of equality in any way whatsoever with the colleges of the WASC. I think we
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