If you look on their homepage they have an article from November stating that they are no longer on probation regarding their accreditation. The big issues were inadequate resources for students to perform well due to a larger lass size, limited scholarships and financial and grants to help lower, the average debt of graduating students and the recruitment of URM. I to am OOS in an adjoining state so I've followed these moves closely in the last year. No one wants to attend a school to potentially graduate and it of be accredited. All should be well with the accreditation lads. No need to worry.
This is just not correct.
1. They certainly ARE still on probation. Once placed on probation, a program remains on probation for two years. Their probation began in June 2011. That's why their LCME visit is scheduled for June 2013 - to potentially life the probationary status then.
2. A program on probation is STILL FULLY ACCREDITED. Probation simply means 'you need to fix some things or else worse things (like revocation of accreditation) could potentially happen'. No US (mainland) allopathic medical school has ever lost its accrediation. Dozens are placed on probation though. And the probationary status has no effect on residency placements, as Marshall actually had a 100% match this past year - many to quite competitive residencies.
3. You cannot graduate from a school that is not accredited... in fact, that school would essentially cease to exist upon losing its accreditation. If Marshall somehow loses its accreditation (which it won't) after the upcoming survey in June, ALL of the current students would be absorbed by other medical schools (fourth year students would have already graduated and moved on to their GME spots by June).
