Akamai University accreditation?

I found this on another site, any value to this accreditation?

Frequently Asked Questions | IDEAL

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is IDEAL nationally recognized?
Yes, International Distance education Accreditation League is a nationally recognized accreditor and quality assurance agency recognized in the Republic of the Philippines and is a member of the National Network of Quality Assurance Agencies (NNQAA), one of two national networks of accrediting bodies recognized and authorized by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Philippines.
I don't know anything about Republic of the Philippines.

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Members | IDEAL

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Provisional Members
The following members have achieved the first level accreditation with IDEAL and are elevated to provisional membership.
Akamai University
Hilo, Hawaii, USA
Representative: Dr. Douglass L. Capogrossi, President

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Well, it seems more than a little suspect to me that the members of the board of IDEAL all represent the universities that are accredited by IDEAL ... conflict of interests much?

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Originally Posted by emmzee

Well, it seems more than a little suspect to me that the members of the board of IDEAL all represent the universities that are accredited by IDEAL ... conflict of interests much?

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Maybe, but the situation is pretty much the same with accreditors in the United States.

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Originally Posted by Maniac Craniac

Maybe, but the situation is pretty much the same with accreditors in the United States.

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Except that some (if not all) RAs have public members on their boards of directors. One third of WASC's board are public members (way back one was from the company I worked for).

It seems a bit more suspect to me here, I mean where is the accountability if there is a 1:1 relationship between the accreditor's board members and the schools they accredit?

Akamai is in Hawaii. If they want to be taken seriously when they claim to be accredited, they should go to WASC or DETC.

-=Steve=-

There's lots of information available on this site by using the search function:

http://www.degreeinfo.com/search.php?searchid=27667



(well it seems that the search thread died but if you plug Akamai into the search engine you'll get a whole bunch of threads on that topic)

I noticed International Distance Education Accreditation League (IDEAL | International Distance Education Accreditation League) is a legitimate accrediting body and is part of National Network of Quality Assurance Agencies (Philippines). Their governing board compose of respected university leaders and experience accreditiors. Among them are:

Prof. Dr. Nelson Binag, Philippines
IDEAL Chairman
- Past President Accrediting Agency of Chartered Colleges and Universities of the Philippines, Inc.
- Past Vice President of Mindanao Association of State Colleges and Universities Foundation

Dr. Serafin Ngohayon, Philippines
IDEAL Secretary
- President, Accrediting Agency of Chartered Colleges and Universities of the Philippines, Inc. (AACCUP Officers 2007-2009)
- President, Ifugao State University
- Chairman of the PASUC Cordillera Administrative Region

Dr. Manuel Corpus, Philippines
IDEAL Auditor
- Executive Director of National Network of Quality Assurance Agencies, Inc. (NNQAA),
- Past President of NNQAA and AACCUPP

Dr. M. Shamsher Ali, Bangladesh
IDEAL Director
President of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences
Founding Rector of Bangladesh Open University