Another dumb question

Discussion in 'Accreditation Discussions (RA, DETC, state approva' started by jimmyd, Mar 3, 2004.

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  1. jimmyd

    jimmyd New Member

    If all degree granting authority is from the state. Then would a state college system be required to recognize a state approved degree from the same state. For example would UCA Berkley be required to recognize a California Coast degree as legitimate since both receive their degree granting authority from the same source.

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    JimmyD
     
  2. MarkIsrael@aol.com

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    No, "state approved" just means the college has the right to stay open. I can't think of any situation in which anybody is legally "required to recognize" a degree. UC Berkeley (note spelling) recognizes RA/GAAP and not SA degrees; but neither the government nor its accreditor requires it to recognize anything.
     
  3. Rich Douglas

    Rich Douglas Well-Known Member

    No.
     
  4. Bill Huffman

    Bill Huffman Well-Known Member

    In the USA, asking if a degree is legitimate is the wrong question. The right question is asking about the utility of the degree. Generally, unaccredited degrees have almost zero utility. The main exception is when someone accepts the degree by mistake, which happens more frequently with employers than in academia.
     
  5. MarkIsrael@aol.com

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    Note that if you want to teach at a public (K-12) school in California, California state law (specifically, the Education Code 44225(a)(1)) says:
    So, California state approval doesn't cut much ice even with the California legislators themselves, let alone with UC Berkeley.
     
  6. nosborne48

    nosborne48 Well-Known Member

    You know, I don't think I've ever heard of a situation where the discretion to accept transfer credits or recognize degrees of any particular school for graduate work lay anywhere but in the receiving school itself.

    I might be wrong about this, but I don't THINK an RA school is necessarily bound to accept work done at another RA school, though they always seem to do so.

    No school is bound to accept work from an unaccredited institution, however.
     
  7. Jeff Hampton

    Jeff Hampton New Member

    RA schools are absolutely NOT required to accept credits from another RA school. Each school sets their own standards. Sometimes there will be articulation agreements between particular schools that insure that particular credits will transfer, but this is certainly not universal.

    Here in Austin, we have a great RA community college, but their credits are often rejected by the University of Texas at Austin.

    The situation is even worse if you want to transfer credits from a public RA community college to a private RA university.
     
  8. nosborne48

    nosborne48 Well-Known Member

    Of course, the situation is different regarding licensing boards. If a board has adopted a recognition standard, such as national professional accreditation, the board cannot thenarbitrarily "pick and choose" what degrees it will accept.
     

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