Originally Posted by OFKU0

Yes. Also of note for some who may know or not. Depending on the context which is assumed and may be agreed upon by others, any apology opens the door to legal suits since many times an apology is a reference to wrong doing assuming guilt.

I'm not saying that would occur in this instance, but any institution, be it government, big business or the education system is always looking to assume changes be made if a problem arises rather than outright apologizing for the reasons given.

In some instances, apologizing is worse than actually admitting wrongdoing since wrongdoing can be floated as ignorance while apologizing takes on the affect of knowing something was wrong and permitting it to continue.