NEW : The Commission will put more pressure on Penn State to reform , a policy official says . The Middle States Commission warns Penn State its accreditation is in jeopardy . The commission also said it had insufficient evidence that Penn State officials had followed commission rules about how schools are to be governed and whether it had provided `` accurate , fair and complete information '' about what was happening at the school , according to the letter . The problem is related to the school 's accreditation , reporting , financial issues . It is not about academic quality , a university official says .
NEW : The Commission will put more pressure on Penn State to reform , a policy official says . The Middle States Commission warns Penn State its accreditation is in jeopardy . The problem is related to the school 's accreditation , reporting , financial issues . It is not about academic quality , a university official says .