Young Harris College to offer 4-year degrees

Young Harris College will soon offer four-year degrees.

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools approved the new curricula Tuesday. The college will offer degrees in biology, English, music and business and public policy starting next fall.

Young Harris President Cathy Cox, who also is the former Georgia Secretary of State, said even more new degrees will be offered over the next few years as the college is still in the process of expansion.

(Associated Press)

Another county could lose accreditation

Another Georgia school district is facing accreditation problems. Haralson County schools in west Georgia on educational probation. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, or SACS, found governance problems by Haralson school board members, including micromanaging, not following their own policies and ethics violations. The problems are similar to those that led to Clayton County schools' accreditation loss on Sept. 1.

(Associated Press)

Clayton accreditation decision comes today

After months of working to get its act together, Clayton County schools today will learn the decision of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. At issue is whether the 50,000 student district should lose its accreditation. SACS had given Clayton until September 1st to meet nine mandates outlined in a scathing February report. Should the district lose accreditation, it would be only the third nationally since the 1960's, and first in Georgia.

Embattled district to graduate seniors

The embattled Clayton County school district is set to graduate 2,700 students this weekend in Atlanta. The ceremonies come at a time with the district is poised to lose its accreditation. If that occurs, future graduating classes may face difficulty getting scholarships and acceptance to colleges. The district has until September 1 to make the reforms mandated by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.