Dive Brief:

• Louisiana College is accused of submitting manufactured documents and documents with forged signatures to an accrediting agency.
• The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, which had reaffirmed its accreditation of the private Baptist school in December 2013, plans to investigate.
• The documents in question were submitted to the association as it was considering whether to remove the college from warning status in 2011 and 2012.

Dive Insight:

Well, forget about getting that accreditation now. Among the manufactured documents were employee evaluations, according to The Town Talk, which talked to employees who didn’t receive the evaluations claimed by college. The newspaper also obtained the draft of a lawsuit, never filed, that accused the school of submitting fabricated meeting minutes and altered reports of institutional effectiveness, quality enhancement and faculty needs. The forged signatures were from three vice presidents and a student dean, none of whom are at the college now.