I note that among those formally applying for DETC accreditation are * Western Governors University * U.S. Open University * University of South Africa Does this mean the first two are giving up on regional accreditation? Regardless, it is a real coup for DETC to get three major players like that applying for their blessing. Intriguingly, the only Louisiana school on the list is Southwest U. I had thought that all those other Louisiana places, like Columbus, Lacrosse, Orion, etc., had to apply to DETC in timely fashion in order to be allow to operate provisionally in that state. DETC invites comments from the public on schools in the application process. DETC can be found at www.detc.org
Interesting question, because after 131 years of operation Unisa is certainly not going to drop its doctoral programs. Russell
I think UNISA may just want DETC to accredit its non-doctorate degrees. This may benefit UNISA's north america marketing. ------------------ Jonathan Liu http://www.geocities.com/liu_jonathan/distance.html
Probably the same way the University of Leicester, Concord, and IMC did it, by excluding the doctoral programs from the scope of DETC's accreditation. Rich Douglas
It is very likely that neither school would want to give up its doctoral programs. Also, it could be that neither are "accreditable" by DETC, even without considering the doctoral programs. Finally, it could be that both schools get along just fine without accreditation, which would bring great deal of expense, scrutiny, and administrative burden to them. Rich Douglas
