LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A recent letter from an accreditation agency that placed the University of Louisville on probation last year has raised new questions about the university and its separate fundraising arm.
Some of the questions relate to policies for compensation for school administrators and whether the relationship between the university and the UofL Foundation is clearly spell out, The Courier-Journal reported.
Another question is whether UofL is “exercising appropriate control” over financial resources of millions of dollars involving the foundation.
The questions were included in a Jan. 27 letter to UofL from the Southern Association for Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.
The commission’s president, Belle Wheelan, said in the letter that it could expand its investigation into UofL if the commission decides the questions could affect the university’s compliance with accreditation standards.
Wheelan has asked the university to prepare a report on the extent of its compliance with the issues cited in her letter.
The new questions follow months of turmoil at UofL that included the departure of former UofL President James Ramsey, a complete shakeup of the school’s board and a reorganization of the foundation board.
