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Administrators claim no knowledge of mean student GPA
by Aaron Wright
UHCLIDIAN Staff

Photo by Erin Crider Grade inflation potentially undermines students' study efforts.

D espite the amount of statistical data contained in the university Web site, university administrators claim not to know the mean student grade point average.
"From a student's perspective, this may be an important issue, {but} this data is not routinely used by the schools or other offices across campus," said Dr. Katherine Friedrich, director of institutional research. .more ...

University accreditation process culminates in campus visit
by Gary Frierson
UHCLIDIAN Staff
Representatives from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools will be on campus Tuesday and Wednesday evaluating UH-Clear Lake's accreditation process to determine the university's status for the next 10 years.
Faculty, staff and students anxiously await representatives from the association, commonly referred to as SACS, which accredits schools and universities through its Commission on Colleges in the southeastern United States, Mexico and Central and South America. more ...