BRISTOL, Va. (AP) — Virginia Intermont College and Webber International University are planning to merge.

The proposed merger must be approved by several entities, including the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, the U.S. Department of Education and the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. The commission is the schools’ accrediting body.

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