Wright State has communicated with the HLC and is sharing contingency plans with it, spokesman Seth Bauguess said. Bauguess has said the university plans to maintain normal operations and that classes will continue but could be consolidated, taught online or staffed by a substitute.

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The Higher Learning Commission, based in Chicago, is a regional agency that issues accreditation to degree-granting institutions in 19 states. The organization is able to place schools on probation for issues as it did with Wilberforce University in 2018 for financial problems and a lack of strategic planning.

On Wednesday, the Wright State Chapter of the American Association of University Professors posted a letter to Facebook that encouraged students to contact the HLC with concerns they had regarding the quality of substitute instructors during the strike. The union is set to strike at 8 a.m. Jan. 22, according to a notice filed with the State Employment Relations Board.

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