EUCON International College has resubmitted its licensure application before the State Board of Regents, authorities said.
This after the board revoked Eucon’s provisional license last March for alleged lack of qualified faculty and necessary facilities for its nursing program.
Board Chairman Fermin Atalig said Eucon’s latest application will undergo the regular process of assessment and review by the board.
“It has all the freedom to do that. Eucon is not totally out I would say. It still has that option to prove it can meet the standard” Fermin told Variety.
The regents received Eucon’s application on May 6.
Atalig said the board considered “humanitarian concern for its (Eucon) students.”
Meantime, Eucon President Christian Wei aid he and other college officials decided to file a new application “for the welfare of our students.”
“I’m not here only for my own benefit. I’m here provide to quality education to our students,” he said.
Asked why he did not file a protest or appeal instead to the board on its earlier decison, Wei said: “My purpose is not to fight but to provide quality education to help the economy. I’m a friend.”
Wei added that the findings made by the board covered primarily Eucon’s nursing program.
“We have other programs too. You give a license to institutions not just for one program,” he said.
To ensure that Eucon is able to meet all the requirements, it hired former Northern Marianas College President Agnes M. McPhetres as consultant.
“We’ve been consulting Ms. McPhetres on this. I’m very glad that she understands my heart at this difficult time,” he said.
McPhetres drafted the college licensure guidelines for institutions wanting to operate a college in the CNMI.
