convicted of sexual assaults in separate cases. Former teacher Charles Wesley Agner of Brenau Academy was accused of fondling his 16 year old student on campus sometime between August and December of 2009. He was suspended without pay following the accusation. Academics Brenau's curriculum emphasizes professional preparation informed by the liberal arts. Small class sizes are an important model for the historic university, which has an average student to faculty ratio of about 9:1. In 2017, 80.4 percent of Brenau classes had fewer than 20 students. Academically, Brenau comprises four colleges: The Ivester College of Health Sciences, the College of Fine Arts & Humanities, the College of Business & Communication, and the College of Education. The Ivester College of Health Sciences is also home to the Mary Inez Grindle School of Nursing and the School of Occupational Therapy. Brenau offers doctoral, master's, specialist, bachelor's and associate degrees, as well as professional certifications, in more than 50 areas of study. Terminal degrees include a Master of Fine Arts in Interior Design, a Doctor of Nursing Practice, a Doctor of Occupational Therapy and a Doctor of Physical Therapy. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools last reaffirmed full accreditation for Brenau in 2011. Reaffirmation occurs every 10 years. Online programs Since 2002, students have been able to earn degrees from Brenau University online. The initial mission of the online studies program was to serve students who may be working, traveling, disabled, geographically isolated from institutions of higher education, or homebound while caring for children or other family members. However, associate, baccalaureate, master's, and certification programs are now available in this format. Some degree programs, such as the Master of Applied Gerontology, are offered entirely online. 2+2 partnerships with Chinese institutions Brenau University partners with Anhui Normal University in a "2+2" partnership between the universities that allows students who have completed the first two years of their degree program at Anhui Normal University to complete the final two years of their undergraduate educations at Brenau. The first cohort of 18 students from ANU arrived at Brenau in 2016 as juniors in the early childhood teacher education program and graduated in 2018 with degrees from both institutions. Student life The Women's College continues as the heart of the university with more than 800 students each year from nearly all 50 states and more than a dozen foreign countries. In 2018, Brenau was ranked No.