Comments Invited on Applicants - New DETC Applicants

Quoted directly from the site, these are institutions up for review in January 2005:


Comments Invited on Applicants

The Commission invites comments from any interested party concerning any of the institutions seeking initial accreditation or reaccreditations listed below. You may send your comments to the Executive Director at the DETC offices by no later than December 1, 2004.

Institutions Seeking Initial Accreditation:

Abraham Lincoln University, Los Angeles, CA
AHS Institute (Association for Hebraic Studies), Suffern, NY
American College of I.T., Saint Joseph, MO
American Graduate School of Management, Nashville, TN
Anaheim University, Newport Beach, CA
Blackstone Career Institute, Emmaus, PA
California Coast University, Santa Ana, CA
Career Step, Springville, UT
Deakin University, Australia
Lambert University, Honolulu, HI
Lansbridge University, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
McKinley University, Salt Lake City, UT
Monash University, Australia
Rescue College/Association of Gospel Rescue Missions, N. Kansas City, MO
University of South Queensland, Australia
University of New England, Australia
University of Philosophical Research, Los Angeles, CA
YorktownUniversity.com, Dolores, CO

Institutions Seek Re-Accreditation:

American College of Computer & Information Sciences, Birmingham, Alabama
American Institute of Applied Science, Youngsville, North Carolina
American Public University System, Charles Town, West Virginia
Atlantic University, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Canadian School of Management, Toronto, Canada
Concord University School of Law, Los Angeles, California
Education Direct, Scranton, Pennsylvania
Hadley School for the Blind, Winnetka, Illinois
International Management Centres, Buckingham, England
John Tracy Clinic, Los Angeles, CA
Learning and Evaluation Centers/Keystone National High School, Bloomsburg, PA
Revans University, University of Action Learning, Boulder, Colorado

Next Meeting

The next meeting of the Accrediting Commission is January 7-8, 2005. All matters to be considered by the Commission should be brought to the attention of the Executive Director by December 1, 2004.

 

a question

How do the Australian universities benefit by becoming members of DETC?

 

How do the Australian universities benefit by becoming members of DETC?

Okay, here's my theory:

I am not sure about this, but aren't students eligible for federal student aid if they enroll (at least part-time) in a college or university that is accredited by the CHEA and DOE?? If so, then out of RA or NA which one would be easier to obtain and minimize the changes needed to the existing organizational culture at the university??

If the answers to those questions are YES and NA, then these schools may be looking to further establish themselves in the US DL market by making themselves more financially available to American students.

As far as the "NA" label that may be attached to them: I would think that these schools, above all else, would be thought of in this country as respectable foreign institutions that are equivalent to RA and not NA schools that can't get RA.

 

My thoughts were along the same lines (federal financial aid) but I know that these particular 3 schools are part of the 35-40 Australian universities that VA benefits can be used at. I put the two together and just assumed that American students would already be eligible for this.

Another Australian question - Since DETC doesn't accredit doctorates (yet), does this mean that theses schools would need to discontinue their doctorate programs?

 

No, but it could mean that only their MA and below programs would have DETC accreditation. It's a similar situation to the University of Leicester where only a couple of graduate programs are accredited:

University of Leicester's Centre for Labour Market Studies




Tom Nixon

 

Thanks Tom. I think I saw the answer to my second question at the UNISA entry (two below Leicester's).

 

Besides, there is not "University of South Queensland" in AUS...

t.

 

Re: Re: Comments Invited on Applicants - New DETC Applicants

Good point. Another part of the DETC website refers to it as "Southern Queensland University".

 

Not very professional...

 

Re: a question

In addition to the above, many employer tuition reimbursement plans require CHEA recognized accreditation. This would open new markets for them.