Just wondering if anyone has heard (good/bad) about Schiller International University and their MBA program? Thanks in advance.
It's not regionally accredited, it's nationally accredited by ACICS, which usually accredits local trade schools, not full universities: U.S. Department of Education Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs If your goal is future graduate work / teaching at RA schools, you may want to look elsewhere. You don't want to spend 2+ years doing your MBA wondering if it will be accepted equally with other degrees by some people/employers. It's still valid accreditation though so it's not like it's an unaccredited school or something.
I know someone that graduated with an MBA from Schiller after attending the local campus. The program is respected in this general area but most people go to USF or U of Tampa. I have never heard a bad word about Schiller...never heard much about them at all.
Although ACICS accreditation is perfectly legitimate, it may not be the most prestigious accreditation available for an MBA degree. ACICS does offer a recognized "seal of approval" -- but it's the same "seal of approval" that they offer to bartending, welding, manicure, and massage programs.
The same is true of regionally accreditors that cover community colleges, which offer those same sorts of programs. I work for a school that's accredited by ACICS. Their ability to oversee us is perfectly sound, and our programs are all academic, none are vocational.
OK, let's look at it a different way. The regional accreditors offer a recognized "seal of approval" -- and it's the same "seal of approval" that they offer to the Ivy League, the flagship state universities, the military academies, etc. -- i.e. the most famous and respected schools in the country. No one is disputing that ACICS accreditation is legitimate. However, prestige is often a consideration for those pursuing MBA degrees. Realistically, an ACICS-accredited MBA degree may not have as much cachet as a regionally accredited one (particularly a regionally accredited MBA that also has business accreditation from ACBSP or AACSB). But I admit this is a subjective determination. Some may disagree.
That's true, although since no one says that all regionally accredited schools compare to Harvard, that mostly just serves to highlight the danger of placing too much stock in any particular accrediting seal of approval. I've worked in a variety of universities over the last decade -- for profit, non profit, regionally accredited, nationally accredited -- and this stuff just doesn't mean as much for quality as most people on these forums seem to think it does.
There are a lot of MBA programs in this country. US News lists 437, but they limit their rankings to AACSB schools. Now add in ACBSP, IACBE, RA with no business accreditation, NA programs accredited by DETC, ACICS, or ACCSC, and state-licensed but unaccredited programs. Realistically, the total is probably in the four figures (1,000 +). Who can keep track of them all ? Nobody. So like it or not, people have to generalize. And accreditation status, while an imperfect measure, is a fast way to do this.
So by those standars my NA detc degree has just increased in value! DETC Seeing as DETC offers their "seal of approval" to two branches..
Sure, I would accept that DETC's accreditation of two US military schools is a plus for DETC's credibility. On the other hand, neither the Marine Corps Institute nor the Army Institute for Professional Development grants degrees. So the military does not actually rely on DETC for degree accreditation. As far as I know, all military degree-granting institutions (the military academies, Naval Postgraduate School, Air Force Institute of Technology, Air University, Naval War College, National Defense University, etc) are regionally accredited.
Etc. examples: the Marine Corps University, the US Army Command and General Staff College, and the Army War College are regionally accredited … :biggrin: Pages - Accrediation CGSC - Command and General Staff College US Army War College
They (Air U) just dropped their DETC accreditation a few months ago. SO I guess untill a few months ago DETC was on the same level........
I was having a hard time finding any distinction from the Dept of Education based on National or regional accreditation - can anyone assist?
I think it depends on what you want to do after you get your MBA. They seem to have a lot of opps with satellite campuses abroad that might help if you want to go an international relations or business route or just get experience abroad. For an online MBA i'd look elsewhere though. having a tough time finding reviews for
Its a good school in the sense of the classes and instructors. I attended there briefly and I have no complaints at all. However, they are pricey and not regionally accredited. That is why I ultimately left. I have never heard anything bad at all about them and they seem to have a good reputation. So if price isnt an issue and regional vs national accreditation doesnt affect your future educational or employment plans, I say attend. They really have great programs, classes, and instructors. Just be mindful that they are REALLY expensive. And the national accreditation may be a bit of a problem down the road (unless you just need the degree to advance in a position you already have or if your employer doesnt care about national accreditation. Also, a few regionally accredited colleges will accept nationally accredited degrees.)
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