[6] Then, in 1922, it was yet again renamed Atlantic Union College after being authorized to grant degrees in the state of Massachusetts.

In October 1997, Bruce Wells, AUC's Dean, appointed by President Lashley, precipitated criticism for approaching selectmen in the neighboring town of Clinton for permission to use a Clinton address to sell used cars out of the college's parking lot in Lancaster.

[10] By August 1995, AUC met their first cash crunch and were forced to dip into the endowment funds to meet payroll.

[11] In 1998, the New England Association of Schools and Colleges issued 28 citations to Atlantic Union after an on-site visit.

Most pertained to problems with finances, fund raising, the curriculum, student services, and faculty pay.

[12] After a focused evaluation in 2001, the Massachusetts Commission on Institutions of Higher Education recommended to the board of trustees for NEASC that the college's accreditation be terminated.

[13] In 2008, NEASC placed the college on probation status due to "failure to meet [its] Standard on Financial Resources".

AUC President Norman Wendth announced in July that the plan had not gained approval from the Massachusetts Department of Education in time for the Fall 2011 school term.

In October 2011 the AUC board of trustees voted to suspend any further negotiations for a branch of WAU after the institutions were unable to reach an operating agreement.

[27] Atlantic Union College, coeducational since its founding, long served the full range of ethnicities of Seventh-day Adventists.

[36] During the 1990s, the administration of Dr. Sylvan Lashley was accused of infractions from racial discrimination to mishandling of student aid funds, which resulted in a federal investigation.