Students at the Inner Harbor East Academy will relocate to a temporary facility next week because the school’s operator, Sojourner-Douglass College, hasn't paid the heating bill, according to city school officials.The college’s website http://www.sdc.edu doesn’t appear to give any indication that its accreditation was revoked, or that they revised their lawsuit within the seventeen days they were provided.Anderson, Jessica. "Charter school to move because of unpaid bills." Baltimore Sun. February 11, 2015. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/education/bs-md-ci-inner-harbor-east-academy-20150211-story.html
Sojourner-Douglass College is being sued by the owner of its Edgewater campus property for failure to pay rent, according to school officials and the plaintiff's attorney.
The lawsuit, filed last month in Anne Arundel County District Court, is the latest in a series of setbacks for the Baltimore-based school, which has satellite campuses in Maryland and in the Bahamas.
Burris, Joe. “Sojourner-Douglass sued for failing to pay rent on Arundel campus.” Baltimore Sun. January 15, 2015. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/education/bs-md-ci-sojourner-douglass-suit-20150115-story.html
the school faced financial difficulties — including a $5 million lien from the Internal Revenue Service. The Middle States Commission on Higher Education cited the financial woes when it moved last year to revoke accreditation and again this year when the college appealed.
The college sued the commission the day before the accreditation was revoked, claiming racial discrimination, breach of contract, violation of due process and negligence.
In addition to denying the request for an injunction, Hollander dismissed two counts in the lawsuit — racial discrimination and breach of contract. She gave the college 17 days to revise the lawsuit.
Wood, Pamela. "Sojourner-Douglass College loses bid to restore accreditation." Baltimore Sun. August 28, 2015. http:www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/education/bs-md-sojourner-ruling-20150828-story.html
The Human Services degree with a concentration in Criminal Justice in recent years may not be exactly the same as Wiley’s Human and Social Resources degree from 1989, but one would suppose it to be at least similar. There's only about eighteen credits' worth of courses that seem relevant to criminal justice:
Introduction to the Criminological Theory [sic]; The Criminal Justice System; The Judicial Process; Parole and Probation; Constitutional Law; Juvenile Delinquency"Criminal Justice Concentration." Degree Programs, Concentrations, and Certificates. Sojourner Douglass College. http://www.sdc.edu/admissions/undergraduate/degree-programs-org.pdf
They did have a Criminal Justice degree also, but I'm not sure if that was available when Wiley was there.
The college was only nine years old at the time Wiley graduated, thus about five years old when Wiley presumably began around 1985 (if his BA took him four years): http://www.sdc.edu/about/history.asp An early advertisement in the Baltimore Afro-American, September 23, 1980 emphasizes "a flexible program which combines theory and practice within a structure that enables you to obtain the Bachelor of Arts Degree through a self-designed, individualized plan." http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e64lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TfUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3464,1815720
Its curriculum in its early days sounds unusual: "the S-D administration builds its very curriculums around the experiences of the students. Dialogue between the professors and their students becomes critical. The students bring their experiences to the classroom, and blend books and theory to come up with a workable whole." For many things that might be ideal, but for police procedure or police administration, I'm not so sure. The enrollment was said to be 350 students at that time.
"Sojourner-Douglass College: fruition of a dream." Baltimore Afro-American. August 29, 1981. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FuZfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RQMGAAAAIBAJ&pg=1566,1410293
In 1990, a year after Wiley allegedly graduated, there were rumors the college would close (due to problems that had apparently existed while Wiley had been a student). The federal "Office of Education had threatened to terminate all of its federally backed student financial aid programs […] audits performed in 1987 and after, indicated that the Guaranteed Student Loans (GSL) and other programs were awarded before the college thoroughly investigated backgrounds of those applying for assistance and resulted in a high default rate for repayments. Further inquiries found that Sojourner-Douglass had not disseminated federal monies awarded to recipients by the mandated deadline and improperly filed student records needed to conduct required bi-annual audits. […] 'Sojourner-Douglass had a 40 percent default rate which is considered high'"
Tyler, Joy M. "Sojourner-Douglass college continues to survive." Baltimore Afro-American. March 7, 1992: A11. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Y4clAAAAIBAJ&sjid=X_UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1228,1237179
In 1993 it had an enrollment of only about 200 students: "Sojourner-Douglass College lays bias to state agency." Baltimore Afro-American. September 11, 1993. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=k58lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7fQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2516,1781655
Questionable financials for about thirty years! Have people involved with the college been audited?
Supposedly Wiley graduated summa cum laude. I'd be curious to know if everybody who graduated there graduated summa cum laude....
With the NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services having written in response to a FOIL request that Mr. Wiley “has not completed any training, including basic training, reported to DCJS" and with the NYS Department of State Assistant Records Access Officer having written in response to a FOIL request that they could find no Oath of Office on file for Mr. Wiley for 1996 or 1999 when SUNY peace officers became full police officers, and his dodgy degree, one really has to wonder how he continues to be employed there - and to be one of the highest-paid chiefs in SUNY and in the Albany area for that matter. His love for football, his having been an athlete, his having been a coach, his creating a ride-along program for football players, his police getting paid extra to do security for the NY Giants' summer training camp at UAlbany when it was there, his decision not to report a gang rape by UAlbany football players to the Albany County DA's office ASAP, etc. all likely answer the question, though.
In 1996 when he was hired, SUNY Albany had a need for a police chief who would lead the department to solving the disappearance of SUNY Albany student Karen Wilson and who would be able to handle a campus shooting case like the then-recent one of Ralph Tortorici. Instead, not long after Wiley was hired Suzanne Lyall went missing under circumstances somewhat similar to Karen Wilson's - something that should not have happened if the Wilson case had been given proper attention. Had Wiley ever worked a missing persons case as an officer while in Maryland, much less led one as a chief? I doubt it!
Wiley's signed off on false Clery Act reports for years. He's willing to back threats made against a student who dares to report crimes. The man belongs in prison.
