The Higher Commission sites Lack Of Leadership At Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute.
In a letter to Dr. Sherry Allison, president of Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute ( SIPI). The Higher Learning Commission sites several factors that contributed to SIPI’s lost of accreditation including, but not limited to:
“The college has had four presidents and four interim presidents in the past ten years, which is a pattern of turnover that has failed to provide stable, long term leadership for the college”.
In Larry Echohawk’s response he states” Sipi failed to meet the first four of five criteria the commission uses for all post secondary institutions”.
Read the full The Higher Learning Commission Letter, and Larry Echohawk’s letter to the tribes at:
Link: www.bia.gov
Echo Hawk Addresses SIPI's Change in Accreditation Status.