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so if LCME shuts down CNU, CNU can just sue them and get its accreditation reinstated? thats my fear: once a med school achieves its accreditation, its there for good and unlikely to be wiped out/shut down
Shutting down an accredited school is a difficult prospect, in part because of legal challenges, in part because the existing students have to be sent to other medical schools to complete their degrees. It's a total mess.
One of the things you learn very quickly in medicine is that anyone can sue anybody over anything, but that does not mean the suit will have merit or be victorious. I suspect CNU underestimated the true cost of running an allopathic school, which erodes the profit incentive. The only way out is raise tuition, and without the financial backing of a real university and/or health system the LCME might have a strong justification for pulling the plug.