Changes

The relocation of the Graduate School in particular has necessitated a re-application for State accreditation from the Texas Higher-Education Coordinating Board, primarily because TRACS is not recognized in Texas. ICR Graduate School has already passed a preliminary review, but widespread publication of the process has prompted an anticreation group calling itself ''Texas Citizens for Science'' to mount another propaganda campaign against accreditation.<ref name=phone>Carlson, Cindy, curator, Museum of Creation and Earth History. Telephone interview conducted March 19, 2008.</ref> The Texas Higher-Education Co-ordinating Board scheduled a hearing on the ICR Graduate School application on April 24, 2008. Although approval was recommended at all levels, Texas chose to deny ICR accredidation.  ICR is considering its options.  ICR remains confident of winning accreditation and plans to relocate nearly all of its operations to Texas. In the meantime, they also tried to extend their ability to grant degrees temporarily while the lawsuit continued. In June 2010 the extension was denied [http://ncse.com/news/2010/06/legal-defeat-icr-005583]. Comments from the court were as follows:

The relocation of the Graduate School in particular has necessitated a re-application for State accreditation from the Texas Higher-Education Coordinating Board, primarily because TRACS is not recognized in Texas. ICR Graduate School has already passed a preliminary review, but widespread publication of the process has prompted an anticreation group calling itself ''Texas Citizens for Science'' to mount another propaganda campaign against accreditation.<ref name=phone>Carlson, Cindy, curator, Museum of Creation and Earth History. Telephone interview conducted March 19, 2008.</ref> The Texas Higher-Education Co-ordinating Board scheduled a hearing on the ICR Graduate School application on April 24, 2008. Although approval was recommended at all levels, Texas chose to deny ICR accredidation.  ICR is considering its options.  ICR remains confident of winning accreditation and plans to relocate nearly all of its operations to Texas. In the meantime, they also tried to extend their ability to grant degrees temporarily while the lawsuit continued. In June 2010 the extension was denied [http://ncse.com/news/2010/06/legal-defeat-icr-005583]. Comments from the court were as follows:

''It appears that although the Court has twice required Plaintiff [the ICR] to re-plead and set forth a short and plain statement of the relief requested, Plaintiff is entirely unable to file a complaint which is not overly verbose, disjointed, incoherent, maundering, and full of irrelevant information.''

# ''It appears that although the Court has twice required Plaintiff [the ICR] to re-plead and set forth a short and plain statement of the relief requested, Plaintiff is entirely unable to file a complaint which is not overly verbose, disjointed, incoherent, maundering, and full of irrelevant information.''

== Allied institutions ==

== Allied institutions ==