Almeda eventually attempting to go legit?

I was reading through Almeda's accreditation statement, and it said:

"Throughout the year (2004) Almeda will be reconsidering its corporate strategy to determine whether to become an online university without offering experiential learning credits or to maintain its current position as non-regionally accredited.

Most applicants seek Almeda for which it is best known: to obtain life experience credit equivalencies. Without this process, many of the current applicants (that are requesting this accreditation status) would be excluded from admission for the same reasons accreditation would become feasible.

Regardless of the direction Almeda pursues, any changes to the current status will be immediately posted on the website and announced in the monthly newsletters.

We recommend all prospective applicants check with their potential employer to determine their policies on acceptance of degrees from private postsecondary institutions with AOAEX accreditation.

Again, any changes to Almeda’s accreditation status will be immediately posted on the website and announced in the monthly newsletters"

Maybe this is a sign they are attempting to go legit...What I wanted to know is can a known diploma mill like them switch completely around?

I just found this interesting because it's not that often that a diploma mill inadvertently admits that it's a mill, and then uses loaded language to state that it may pursue legitimate accreditation.

 

I don't think they can. They have nothing. No instructors, no real administration and a history of non cooperation with authorities.

 

As LaSalle learned, when the new regime tried to clean it up, the amount of baggage carried was insurmountable. Even the name change (to Orion) didn't help.

It would be far simpler to start a totally new school than it would be to try to turn a diploma mill into a real school.

I can think of only one case, in California, where this was done, but it took a name change and ten or more years, and it still doesn't have recognized accreditation.

 

I agree with the BEAR on that one. Almeda, like Saint Regis, TCU ( we don't apparently have to concern ourselves with this one now) and other well knows, are world-reknowned degree-mills. Trying to make a positive turn-around would be, from a financial sense of their "school", a detriment. They cater to those who feel they deserve a vast amount of PLA credits. This is their bread & butter so to speak. They would be better off just starting a school legitimately and closing down Almeda. Too much baggage.