which oversaw the CLA. Despite the administrative tensions, the 1940s marked a period of continued growth at WU, to the point that a record enrollment in 1946 of 1,480 students was deemed "overcrowded".
In 1942 the school's NCACS accreditation was threatened if the school did not improve its administration. Charles H. Wesley was persuaded to return to WU to meet this crises, and he assumed the office of president June 1942. In the first two years of his leadership, WU was able to bring pay equality for the first time for all of the faculty; ending a pay disparity between the state funded CEIA staff and the AME Church funded CLA staff. He also significantly increased the number of tenured faculty, and was able to first stabilize and then expand WU's accreditation status; ultimately achieving accretions from twelve different education organizations. WU's improved standing under Wesley led to the school's acceptance into the Inter-University Council of Ohio in 1944.
With Wesley's guidance a self-governed student …
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