ACI Boasts New Website

www.accreditnow.com

 

Vladica: Would you please explain, for the benefit of newbies and to the chagrin of those who like to attribute the worst of motives to this most honourable of distance learning websites, just what ACI is and why we laugh. Eis polla eti, despota! Janko

 

This says it all:

Will ACI provide our name and address to anyone who asks?

A. Our complete mailing list is provided to our membership. We do not provide this list to the general public.

Gee, I wonder why

Cheers,

George

 

For the benefit of the very newbies about whom and whose opinion Janko expresses concern, let's just cut to the chase: ACI is, in effect, an "accreditation mill." It's bogus. It means nothing. The only reason to even mention it is to warn others to stay away.

 

My vocabulary is inadequate for such an explanation, Janko.

 

Russell: "My vocabulary is inadequate for such an explanation, Janko."

Ahhh, not to worry. The only vocabulary necessary to describe ACI may include the following:

"..... BOGUS, counterfeit, ersatz, fabricated, fictitious, faked, false, falsie, BOGUS, hyped up, manufactured, BOGUS, mock, phony, sham, BOGUS, specious, spurious, unreal, BOGUS!"

Newbies, welcome! Please note:

A new synonym for ACI is:

BOGUS!

... And apt descriptives for the perpetrators of the ACI hoax?

Thieves, crooks, con-artists, frauds, "crimis," low-life's, shysters, etc.



Thanks.

 

We like it when Jake chimes in.

He's so understated.

(Just ribbin' ya' a little, there, Jake. Seriously, though... well said, and dead on!)

 

Thanks.

 

Another good one ...

...from their FAQ:

Q. Does accreditation make a school "above the law of the land"?

A. No. ACI members are encouraged to work in the bounds of the laws of the country or state where they live.


Begs the question as to why any legitimate school would even have need to ask such a thing.

They could not even take care to spell "accreditation" correctly on their top navigation bar, the button aimed at teachers. Check out the first two entries to their guestbook for an indication of the quality of their member schools' students. Quite sad. Clearly those folks need remedial work that their schools have not insisted upon, instead these "schools" sell them false hopes.

Kit

 

Ah! One of my favorite subjects!

John Bear's famous ACI article follows. At the time, their most famous client was Century University, but I believe Century now claims accreditation from no one.

http://www.quackwatch.org/04ConsumerEducation/dm3.html

Note that Dr. Scheel (the guy who runs ACI) also runs "Lighthouse College" in Arkansas. Guess who accredits them? I'll bet the President of ACI has nothing but glowing words of praise for the Lighthouse College program!:

http://www.lighthouse.edu/default.aspx?site=3&page=0-College_Administration&main=pnl2Item0-3

http://www.lighthouse.edu/default.aspx?site=3&page=0-College_Acreditation&main=pnl2Item0-1

http://www.accreditnow.com/

 

Can a school be accredited who offers only correspondence courses?
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Shouldn't it say "which" instead of "who?" I would expect an accreditation board to have a better grasp of the English language, but that's me.