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Statement by Xavier University of Louisiana

Section: Business

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Statement by Xavier University of Louisiana

February 13, 2009

[New Orleans, LA]- This week, the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) made public a decision reached by its Board in January 2009 to affirm the accreditation of Xavier University of Louisiana’s College of Pharmacy. The ACPE, however, placed the College of Pharmacy in a probationary status. Under ACPE policies, a program in a probationary status retains “all the rights and privileges associated with an accredited program.”

The university asserts that the probationary status is not appropriate because it was based on information that was not accurate. Therefore, Xavier has initiated legal proceedings to void the probationary decision in order to protect its procedural due process rights under federal laws and under ACPE’s own policies, rules, and procedures.

The Xavier University College of Pharmacy has never, in its 82-year history, been placed on probation for any of its programs, and we fully expect that this action by the ACPE shall be satisfactorily resolved.

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