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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
11.0pt">Hello, I hope this e-mail finds you well as you prepare for Thanksgiving. On November 1, 2012 the Board of Trustees of the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) granted
candidate for accreditation status for two <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:place></st1:State> tribal colleges. Candidate status for these colleges is for a period of four years at which time initial accreditation will be decided:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">College of the Muscogee Nation (CMN) [<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Okmulgee</st1:place></st1:City>]
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Comanche</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Nation</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType> (CNC) [<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lawton</st1:place></st1:City>]
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
11.0pt">As background, candidacy is a pre-accreditation status and affiliates the institution with the HLC, but does not give it membership in the HLC. Candidacy provides time
and support to a new and changing college or university as it develops into an accreditable organization. For most institutions, candidacy enables students to qualify for federal financial aid programs, and it often aids in the transferability of the candidate
institution’s credits to another college or university. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
11.0pt">Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
<i><span style="font-style:
italic">Institutional Accreditation </span></i>(3.1) policy allows for credits earned at CMN and CNC to transfer at face value into like programs at institutions in the State System and on a voluntary basis by private-independent
institutions. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please let me know if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">José<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" color="#804000" face="Book Antiqua"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:#804000;font-weight:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" color="#804000" face="Book Antiqua"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:#804000;font-weight:
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"Book Antiqua";color:#804000;font-weight:bold"> Regents for Higher Education</span></font></b><b><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:bold"><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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