(KUTV) Getting a top-notch education doesn't make up for living in a "toxic environment," according to some students at Brigham Young University.
More than 120 students met to share that concern and other feedback with a national accreditation board who is visiting BYU for two days.
Every seven years every university's accreditation is re-evaluated. BYU is up for re-accreditation, so six board members from Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) had a meeting with students to get the the most authentic feedback possible about the university -- without the administration present.
"We aren't going to identify any individual (to BYU administration) -- we are just trying to find if there is a common story," said NWCUU board member Sabah U. Randhawa and current Provost and Executive Vice President at Oregon State University.
"It is a toxic environment where any of the students can turn us in at any time," one student said when talking about the inconsistent enforcement of the Honor Code and having to be careful who you talk to about your religious views.
Those in attendance applauded when one asked, "We are all aching to talk here. What weight do we have in this meeting? Because this is the only chance we get to talk."
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