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Accrediting Agency Says Salem College Compliant In Three Of Four Requirements

The Main Hall at Salem Academy and College. Photo courtesy: Salem Academy and College

Salem Academy and College has been deemed compliant in three of four requirements cited when an accreditation committee placed the school on probation a year ago.

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Colleges confirmed the compliance after an in-depth review proved the school is in sound financial standing. Salem remains fully accredited.

According to a press release, the fourth compliance requirement for Salem to be removed from probation requires financial stability to be demonstrated over a longer period of time. There will be another review in December.

The school achieved financial stability in recent months after raising more than $14 million, exceeding the goal of a capital campaign.

Neal Charnoff joined 88.5 WFDD as Morning Edition host in 2014. Raised in the Catskill region of upstate New York, he graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1983. Armed with a liberal arts degree, Neal was fully equipped to be a waiter. So he prolonged his arrested development bouncing around New York and L.A. until discovering that people enjoyed listening to his voice on the radio. After a few years doing overnight shifts at a local rock station, Neal spent most of his career at Vermont Public Radio. He began as host of a nightly jazz program, where he was proud to interview many of his idols, including Dave Brubeck and Sonny Rollins. Neal graduated to the news department, where he was the local host for NPR's All Things Considered for 14 years. In addition to news interviews and features, he originated and produced the Weekly Conversation On The Arts, as well as VPR Backstage, which profiled theater productions around the state. He contributed several stories to NPR, including coverage of a devastating ice storm. Neal now sees the value of that liberal arts degree, and approaches life with the knowledge that all subjects and all art forms are connected to each other. Neal and his wife Judy are enjoying exploring North Carolina and points south. They would both be happy to never experience a Vermont winter again.

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