fired a staff member following their meeting with the peer review team, and that the university's governing board were "not making decisions in the best interest of the university". President Capehart resigned shortly after the report was delivered to the university. The HLC peer review team also recommended that the commission require the university to provide additional information to justify their accreditation.
== Academics ==
The university is organized into six colleges/schools:
College of Arts and Sciences
W. Paul Cole Jr. School of Business
College of Engineering Technology
College of Health Sciences
School of Criminal Justice
School of Education
*Note: This racial-ethnic group includes Asian, Native American or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and other racial or ethnic categories not explicitly listed in the table.
As of the 2022–2023 school year, the student body is 59.3% female and 40.6% male.
== Student life ==
Bluefield State became a residential university in 2021 …
