In a long article from Inside Higher Education’s website that was posted overnight, the magazine reported actions nine schools, including Erskine.

After discussion of the many problems resulting from financial instability and inadequate resources of schools stemming from the nation’s economic problems, the article announced that The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools placed two colleges on probation and seven others on the less serious ‘warning’ status.

Erskine was in the ‘Warning’ list. A separate paragraph was included to explain the Erskine situation:

Erskine College has been deeply embroiled in turmoil over its governance, with faculty members and others expressing fears about efforts by the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church to exert significantly more control over the direction of the affiliated college. Wheelan said that the accreditor’s college commission was concerned enough about governance of the college to place Erskine on warning, but that Southern, citing the hiring of a new president and a continuing legal fight over the institution’s direction, wanted to give the college’s leaders more time to work through the problems

Source: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/06/28/sacs