Editing Wittenberg University (section)

==Academics==
[[File:Wittenberg Ward St En 11-23-08.jpg|thumb|Main entrance to the university]]
Wittenberg offers more than 70 majors and special programs. Eight pre-professional programs are offered to students, 70 percent of whom eventually pursue graduate studies. The institution's science facilities are housed in the Barbara Deer Kuss Science Center. Krieg Hall is the home of the music department.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www4.wittenberg.edu/tour/krieg.html |title= Wittenberg University Virtual Tour :: Krieg Hall|website=www4.wittenberg.edu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129015901/http://www4.wittenberg.edu/tour/krieg.html |archive-date=January 29, 2010}}</ref> Wittenberg's art department is housed in Koch Hall.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www4.wittenberg.edu/administration/admission/tour/koch.html |title=Wittenberg University : Office of Admission – Virtual Tour – Koch Hall |publisher=.wittenberg.edu |access-date=22 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325055741/http://www4.wittenberg.edu/administration/admission/tour/koch.html |archive-date=25 March 2012}}</ref> Thomas Library contains 400,000 volumes and provides access to [[OhioLINK]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oracle-web.petersons.com/ccc92/display_pdf?p_instance_id%3D144293.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=8 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715070427/http://oracle-web.petersons.com/ccc92/display_pdf?p_instance_id=144293.pdf |archive-date=15 July 2011}}</ref> a [[consortium]] of Ohio college and university libraries and the State Library of Ohio. The library houses the Kemper Special Collection Area which contains the Luther-Reformation Collection with more than 400 items written by Martin Luther and his contemporaries between 1517 and 1580.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www6.wittenberg.edu/lib/ |title=Thomas Library – Wittenberg University |publisher=.wittenberg.edu |access-date=22 May 2012}}</ref> The library was built in 1956 to the designs of [[Thomas Norman Mansell]] of [[Mansell, Lewis & Fugate]] of [[Wynnewood, Pennsylvania]].<ref>[http://communities.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/American%20Architects%20Directories/1970%20American%20Architects%20Directory/Bowker_1970_M.pdf Thomas Norman Mansell] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724230545/http://communities.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/American%20Architects%20Directories/1970%20American%20Architects%20Directory/Bowker_1970_M.pdf|date=24 July 2011}} ''[[American Architects Directory]]'', 3rd ed. (New York City: [[R.R. Bowker LLC]], 1970), p. 593.</ref>

The university is [[Higher education accreditation in the United States|accredited]] by the [[Higher Learning Commission]] (HLC).<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.wittenberg.edu/about/witt-by-the-numbers |title=Witt by the Numbers|publisher=Wittenberg University|accessdate=May 17, 2025}}</ref> In March of 2025, HLC assigned Wittenberg a financial distress designation, following an audit by the [[United States Department of Education|U.S Department of Education]] which raised "...substantial doubt about the institution's ability to continue as a going concern".<ref name=Distress>{{cite web|url= https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/wittenberg-placed-in-financial-distress-status-by-college-accreditation-group/7MOMBEEEUNF3PIAQOWE2XL256I/ |title=Wittenberg placed in financial distress status by college accreditation group|publisher=Dayton Daily News, March 13, 2025|accessdate=May 17, 2025}}</ref> Wittenberg administrators said the audit was based on prior years' finances and that those matters had been addressed.<ref name=Distress/>