When officials at tuition-driven Fisk University raised the veil of secrecy a few years ago surrounding the university's financial condition, the details they laid out were less than encouraging. The Nashville-based university, home of the historic Jubilee Singers, was losing several million dollars a year and had not received any major private support for a school of its stature in at least two decades, the Fisk officials told a Tennessee judge. Fisk had mortgaged all its property it could to raise cash to keep its doors open, they explained. In the nearly two years since Fisk publicly detailed its financial crisis, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, or SACS, has maintained Fisk's accreditation while steadily raising red flags about the school. The author discusses how experts weigh in on the next steps Fisk should take toward successfully maneuvering beyond its financial woes.