When researching online schools, how can you tell for sure if a school is regionaly accredited? Some say they are members of a certain regional accredation organization. Is this the same as being accredited by that entity or can they becomes members without actually being accredited?
visit this web site http://www.chea.org/institutions/search.cfm To find the accredited status of an institution or contact information about a particular institution:
Accredited US Colleges If the school can be found in the chea.org database, its accreditation is recognized and legitimate. You should also note that accreditation and reputation are two unrelated words. Ike Okonkwo, PhD.
Re: Re: Accredited US Colleges This is a difficult question to answer. The reputation of a school is based on real and imaginary perception of the school, especially in the academia. Good reputation takes time to attain. NCU is a new school and as such it is difficult to say whether the school’s reputation is good or bad at this time. In a few years from now, many people in the academia will have informed opinions about the school. As at now, I don’t have any. Ike Okonkwo, PhD
Reputation of DL programs... The minimum qualifications for a school to be reputable include some form of recognized accreditation, preferably regional accreditation for US schools. While it is true that "reputation" and "accreditation" are not the same word, I disagree that there is no relationship between them. If a school is regionally accredited, it is at least minimally "reputable". Reputation of a school is very much in the eyes of the beholder. There are some who would prefer not to have a rich, over-fed, snotty 28 year old with an MBA from Duke on staff. Others would die for that, and would pay any amount - even if the "kid" didn't know beans about the business you were hiring them into. Still others like to hire graduates from local schools, where the reputation is known in the area. While an MBA from Duke would still turn heads, the familiarity of, say a graduate from the local state university, may actually carry extra weight. Of course having lots of experience WITH the degree always helps in terms of hiring opportunities.
A school's reputation is also typically related to the region the school is in. In other words a school will typically be better known locally. For example, where I work we recruit from some local schools but not from others.
