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A college in Virginia is facing potential closure after state regulators found deficiencies in the education it was giving students.

The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia has started the process of revoking Virginia International University’s certificate to operate, a move that could lead to the closure of the Fairfax school, which serves students from mostly foreign countries.

The university said it’s willing to make changes to stay open, and state officials will decide if those changes are adequate or not in May.

The move comes after SCHEV staff members found widespread issues, including plagiarism and lackluster online classes, during an audit conducted in August at the school.

Agency staff found five issues of noncompliance with state standards, two of which were also discovered in previous audits and one issue — poor online classes — “of special significance because it adversely affects the quality of education at VIU.”

In the audit, which was presented to the full council at its meeting in Blacksburg last week, the state found that VIU teachers weren’t qualified to teach their assigned courses — something auditors also found in 2010 and 2014 reviews.