Accreditation Questions

Hello All,

I'm new to the world of distance/online education, so I was hoping someone could advise me about the accreditation world of European Universities. I have the following questions for all accreditation guru's:
1) I'm leaning towards a MA program offered by University of Whales, Trinity Saint David. Does this university possess any sort of globally recognized and respected accreditation?
2) Does this university possess an accreditation status that complies with the highest European standards?
3) Would this university's accreditation status be considered equivalent to or acceptable by the standard of accreditation among American Universities?

Basically, I just want to make sure that this university's accreditation status would allow me to teach at any American community college.

Thanks!

 

Learn how to spell Wales.

 

1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Yes

http://www.trinitysaintdavid.ac.uk/en/media/uniweb/content/documents/theuniversity/newsletters/newsletter.pdf
BBC News - College merger sealed by royal charter

 

Lighten-up Ted … :thanks:

 

Wales is recognized as a university both in the UK and around the world. There are not forms of accreditation that are, strictly speaking, "globally recognized," but a Royal Charter comes about as close as you can get. No troubles there.

Ditto for your second question.

Ditto for your third.

As for "allowing (you) to teach at any American community college," that's another story. Your degree would have to be accepted by whatever employer you seek. That might be as simple as listing it on your resume and/or application (in the case of regular employment), or by providing transcripts and/or other proof of degree completion. But don't be surprised if you are also often asked to have your foreign degree evaluated as being equivalent to one earned in the U.S.

 

That's one downside. The average US employer is not familiar with foreign degrees, so they may ask for a review of your degree by an evaluation service, like for example ECE. In this case, the evaluation should have a positive result, but you still might have to go through the extra hassle.

Another downside is that a foreign degree is not going to have as much name recognition or familiarity as a US degree. Teaching jobs are often competitive, which means that if you want a job at your local community college, you may have to compete against people who went to well-known US schools. Realistically, the folks at your local community college may be more comfortable with a degree from the nearby state university than a degree from an obscure school in Europe, even if you can show them a piece of paper from an evaluation service that says that the degrees are equivalent.

 

Nice, what a valuable comment.

 

Ted; Learn how to spell Wales.

I just thought it ironic that an individual who wants to go to university can't even spell their prospective university's name correctly.

 

Yeah, it reminds of a woman's post I read on a board once where she expressed a deep desire to go for a degree in psychology, but she kept spelling it "phycology" repeatedly. Nobody is perfect, myself included, but if you can't spell the very thing you're about to devote your life and money to, well...

 

The correct terminology, of course, is "school of whales", not "university of whales".

 

Fantastic. :smile:

Free ALL the Willies.

 

Come on man. We are all fumeducated folks here!

 

Ted: Phuk uoo spellin Notsi!

 

You do realize that Ted is a moderator right? :scared1:

 

Damn, Teds usually so easy going, I didn't see this one coming. It's like being scolded by your kindly old grandma.

 

For many of my immigrant friends and my self, they never been asked by their employers to evaluate the degree or even to provide a copy of their degrees.

The exception is government positions such as Social Workers or Federal positions such as Environmental Inspectors and protected professions, Nurses, MD's. Also Police etc.
Teaching in College, if degree is foreign I think majority of state colleges will request an evaluation. Private colleges well I know that University of Phoenix require evaluation by approved NACES agencies for their instructors.

 

Yeah, you do realize that I am one of the moderators. Do you not?

 

Nah! More like when your kindly old grandma turns around and clocks you one with her cane! :jester:

Johann

 

Am I the old grandma being spoken of hereinabove?