Council for International Education Accreditation (CIEA)

...at http://www.ciea.org/ lists the places it accredits:

All American High School (United States)
Almeda University (United States)
Americus University (United States)
Amstead University (United States)
Amstead High School (United States)
Ashworth College (United States)
Atworth University (United States)
Atworth High School (United States)
Central High School Online (United States)
Collinswood High School (United States)
Deakin University (Australia)
Farqui Business College (Taiwan)
Farington University (United States)
Farington High School (United States)
Forbes College of Business (United States)
International School of Ministry (United States)
Macquarie University (Australia)
Newport University (United States)
University of Phoenix Online (United States)
Vision International University (United States)


IP for CIEA is 63.241.136.205 (that IP holds 6140 domains!)

similar IP's:

63.241.136.202 defunct http://www.ashford-university.org/

63.241.136.203 defunct http://www.uofbedford.org/

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With the phonies being fronted by www.legalcollegedegrees.com and www.life-experience-degrees.com , among others, I'm sure.

 

Has anyone tried to alert Forbes.com about the "Forbes College of Business"?
http://www.forbescollege.org/

 

These unrecognized accrediting agencies are clever critters. They toss in a few regionally accredited schools to make their organization seem legitimate. Unfortunately, little is being done to prevent these organizations from listing RA schools on their web sites.

This is nothing more than a marketing ploy to attract prospective students to their member schools (which is usually owned by the same organization).

 

IMHO when a school claims recognition from an unrecognized accreditor, then that school IMO, is a mill. It is better for an unaccredited school not to claim bogus accreditation.

What is even worse here is that CIEA mixes properly accredited schools with state approved ones and with mills.