Dr. Mary Beth Leininger has been fighting for a year to regain her seat on the Council on Education (COE). Recently her case was appealed before the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Board of Governors. A final decision has yet to be made.
The United States Department of Education (USDE) named the COE as the sole accreditor of American veterinary schools in the 1950s. Accredited schools enable students to apply for American professional loans (Title IV). The USDE was ordered to find an accrediting body to evaluate foreign veterinary schools to determine if American students at these schools could be eligible for Title IV loans and that responsibility fell upon the COE.
In 2014 Leininger was removed from the COE after suggesting that the COE may be stretched thin between its many responsibilities (evaluating American schools and increasingly evaluating international schools). This opinion was found to conflict with her role on the COE.
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