Hello again! Does anyone in this forum have comments regarding California Coast University? I know that they were recently awarded accreditation by DETC, but that's all I know. Website: http://www.calcoast.edu Thanks.
CCU was a most favorite topic here. Do a search. Now that it's accredited, it is a fine choice as long as a DETC accredited degree will serve your needs.
What Bill said, especially about doing a search. There is a lot to learn and to know. Do that, then ask more specific questions. You'll get a lot more help that way. Until then, like Bill said: DETC-accredited; be sure that's okay with you.
When I took my MBA courses at Cal Coast, it was a painless process. You requested the course, sent in the exam, and then requested the next course(s) by mail. The study guides were very complete, and insured that the subject was covered fully. There are time limits for the courses, but they are measured against the total program in years, not months. It was possible to complete a Master's in a year by doubling up on courses, but it would not be a cakewalk by any means. I worked as hard at Cal Coast for my MBA as I did at Florida Tech (regionally accredited Bricks and Mortar program) for my MS, and as I am doing at Northcentral for my PhD. You truly get out of a program what you put into it.
I ordered three classes at a time. It took me about 18 months to complete the MBA. The classes are not easy. I had to retake two classes just to get my GPA up to 3.08 to graduate.
This school seems to be the best of the DETC "litter". Does anyone know if Excelsior will accept credits from Cal Coast? I am looking for a decent Business Policy course.
No. What ever gave you the idea that CCU somehow ranked as the best? It was just recently accredited, and seemed to struggle getting there. What about DETC-accredited schools that also have regional accreditation or other forms of comparable recognition? What about DETC-accredited schools that offer courses evaluated by ACE? What about DETC-accredited schools that have been operating as accredited for a whole lot longer than CCU? I could go on. CCU is the most talked about, but it is hardly the "best" of the DETC "litter." If you have facts that indicate it is, I'd love to hear about them.
I don't have any facts to support what I said earlier. That's why I said "seemed" to be. A lot of noise has been made about this particular college. I figured there were good, valid reasons as to why. Thanks for the input...
The Proof Is In The Pudding! Attention For Those People Considering California Coast University I found the following information and posted it to another thread regarding former students of CCU. Don't let anyone kid you here. CCU has been in existence for 31 years. First they were California approved to offer degrees and now they have received DETC accreditation. As you will see, their degrees have been widely accepted. __________________________________________________ California Coast University (CCU) Accreditation Profile http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/InstDetail.asp (US. Department of Education) https://app1.dca.ca.gov/bppve/school-search/ (State of California) http://www.chea.org/institutions/ac...m?CheaID=8533.0 (Council for Higher Education Accreditation) http://www.detc.org/degree.html#coast (Distance Education Training Council) California Coast University (CCU) Doctorate Degree Holders – Alumni CCU Ph.D. Degree Holders With Faculty Position: http://www.ucihs.uci.edu/psych/facu...uis_profile.htm Marquis P. Vawter http://www.psycc.org/faculty.htm Judith Hyman http://www.unl.edu/e-news/submissio...Oct.9.2001.html Tran http://www.sbgi.edu/html/adjfaculty.html Federico Grosso http://www.integrativemedicine.ariz...ch/fellows.html Melinda Connor http://goldey.gbc.edu/faculty_staff/teachers.html Richard Brasefield http://staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/glorigan Geoffrey Lorigan http://www.fammed.usouthal.edu/Resi...Pages/Adams.htm Martha Adams http://ubonline.edu/webbach/faculty.html George Andrea http://electrochem.cwru.edu/yeager/announce.html Diane Hooie http://www.lcsc.edu/business/Staff/GerryR.htm Gerald Ramey http://www.mecat-edu.com/about/faculty.htm Bassem Kaissi http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/Business/al...l2001/pope.html Carol Vollmer Pope http://www.llu.edu/llu/dentistry/de...00/DeptNews.htm Lynn L. McKendry http://www.bryant.edu/bryant/facult...ngham_frank.jsp Frank Bingham http://pathology.uthscsa.edu/faculty/sutton.htm Deanna Sutton http://www.conted.utulsa.edu/staff/paula.asp Paula Hogard http://www.mba.athabascau.ca/titan/...8D?OpenDocument Ike Hall http://rome.gcsu.edu:8090/4DCGI/SAC...yDetail/1078523 Robert Lowe http://department.txwes.edu/psy/faculty.htm Michael L. Ellison http://www.txwesleyan.edu/registrar...ad/TRUSTEES.htm Michael L. Ellison http://www.breyerstate.com/resume-dominick-flarey.htm Dominick L. Flarey http://www.fredonia.edu/business/faculty.asp Lisa Walters http://www.argosyu.edu/campusdetail...lty&campusName='&id=26 Dr. Stephen J. Hoogerbrugge http://www2.scps.nyu.edu/dyncon/mcg..._facu_a_to.html George Cherubini http://www.nsula.edu/psych-online/faculty.htm Susan Barnett http://www.pueblocc.edu/faculty/ptinst3.htm Robert Watkins http://new.stjohns.edu/academics/un...lty/faculty.sju Kenneth R. Cohen http://www.bccc.state.md.us/metadot...45&isa=Category Stephen E. Frempong http://www.university.edu/General_C...y_profiles.html Lumiko A. Bays http://www.cula.edu/pg_details.asp?...2&idCategory=80 Thomas Lin http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cach...+Degre e&hl=en Bill J. Duke http://www.sfbc.edu/faculty.html Gary L. Rogers http://www.math.vt.edu/org/maa/spr00/xbiogs.html John W. Alexander Jr. http://www.mse.ncsu.edu/faculty.html#research John Russ http://www.sonoma.edu/ar/catalog/emeritus.html Michael Baldigo http://www.webster.nl/site119/index...WS1=467&INC=202 Eric de Roos CCU Ph.D. Degree Holders With Non-Faculty Position: http://therapists.psychologytoday.c...1088136489_2381 J.M Evosevich http://www.gestalt.org/file26.htm Cecil R. Benoit http://www.schopc.org/AboutUs/president Ed L. Hansen http://www.issseem.org/ConnorBio.html Melinda Connor http://www.state.sc.us/dmh/newsrelease/jun28_04.htm Alison Y. Evans http://www.fadetoblack.com/children Anthony Harper http://imtcsamba.hct.ac.ae/qdg/Further%20Ed.htm Awad Osman http://www.alohasys.com/staff.htm Dr. Brian C. Stevens http://www.dirige.eslsca.fr/aboutus...ent/faculty.htm Mario Missakian http://www.netmanage.com/company/executives.asp Ron Rudolph, VP, Human Resources http://www4.army.mil/USAR/ambassador/states/va.htm Ronald L. Adolphi http://www.tensilica.com/html/pr_2002_09_23b.html David P. Toombs http://www.askthebusinessdoctor.com/aboutus.shtml http://www.drjohnruss.com/about.html John Russ http://www.argee.net/resume.htm Robert G. Williscroft http://www.drjet.com/resproj/RESU0103.HTM James Edward Turney http://www.issm.org/fellows/emerick/ Tracy Emerick http://www.lagosforum.com/comment.php?NR=574 Ausbeth Ajagu http://www.profstevens.com/RESUME.htm David Stevens http://www.riskworld.com/Profsoci/s...95/ps5ae308.htm Robert J. Mulvihill http://xanedu.proquest.com/originalworks/frempong Stephen E. Frempong http://www.coactiveconnection.com/johnd.htm John D. Tongren http://www.legco.gov.hk/general/eng...yr04-08/wyh.htm WONG Yu-hong http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/ind..._release&id=486 Rita Laws http://www.nicon.org/neutralground/about.html Virginia R. Balser http://www.documents-examiner.com MaryAnne Czermak http://www.acs-inc.com/about/bios/lora.html Lora Villarreal http://www.cdeckert.com/curtdeckert.htm Curt Deckert http://www.objectivistcenter.org/ce...osophy-mind.asp Roger Bissell http://www.eeweb.ee.ucla.edu/alumni...dmemberlist.php Asad Madni http://www.behaviortherapy.com/BobMeyersvita.htm Robert J. Meyers CCU D.B.A. Degree Holders With Faculty Position: http://www.mdivs.edu/lifeissuescounseling.html Dennis D. Frey http://www.pimall.com/nais/d-ms.html James Welsh http://www.accd.edu/nvc/areas/cis/bio/pennington.htm Andy Pennington http://www.ciachef.edu/pcabinet/staff_gielisse1.html Victor A. L. Gielisse, C.M.C., C.H.E. http://www.hellenic.hchc.edu/pages/...es/mkisembo.asp Michael Kisembo http://www.argosyu.edu/lcontent/?location=12&subpg=264 Robert Rabidoux http://www.hellenic.hchc.edu/pages/...es/mkisembo.asp Michael Kisembo CCU D.B.A. Degree Holders Without Faculty Position: http://www.ctcd.cc.tx.us/ci_personnel.pdf http://www.cyberhaven.com/businessb...g-books-30.html B. Stoker http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cach...BA+Degree&hl=en Phillip Sax http://sut2.sut.ac.th/auap/board_new%20member.html Carmen Z. Lamagna http://www.asq-nwi.org/directory.htm Milton Krivokuca CCU Ed.D. Degree Holders With Faculty Position: http://ipt.boisestate.edu/faculty/BErickson.htm Bob Erickson http://www.alliance.edu/content.php?action=faculty Jose D. Camacho http://www.csus.edu/fl/spanish/moore.htm Kathleen Moore http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cach...+D egree&hl=en Mary E. Witherspoon http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cach...+Degre e&hl=en Shellie Gutierrez http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cach...BA+Degree&hl=en Larry Butler CCU Ed.D. Degree Holders Without Faculty Position: http://www.hfglendale.org/UserDocs/...d%20Council.htm Mrs. Grace Mendez http://www.chinatranslate.net/en1/zt/whitehouse06.htm Patricia Hill Williams http://www.romielittrellpubs.homestead.com/files/CV.htm Romie Frederick Littrell http://www.modelfitness.com/john_ellis.html John Spencer Ellis http://www.htr.org/Pages/htr/htr_ke...ley_past_ed.htm Kevin J. Kelley CCU Psy.D. Degree Holders With Faculty Position: http://www.smu.edu/psychology/faculty/lecturers.html Tom Cox http://facweb.bhc.edu/academics/sbes/faculty.htm Janet Wiegel http://www.cameron.edu/psych_human_ecology/faculty.html Lorraine Perry CCU Psy.D. Degree Holders Without Faculty Position: http://www.state.sc.us/dmh/commission.htm Alison Y. Evans Scholarly Work by CCU Doctorate Holders: 1. Gerald Ramey: Professor; Fulbright Scholar http://www.lcsc.edu/business/Staff/GerryR.htm http://www.lcsc.edu/collegeinfo/nr/nr-Ramey01.htm Sincerely,
No one would argue that CCU PhD holder have teaching positions but do they get paid as a PhD holder or a holder of a masters?
Hi M.S.Blanc: Welcome aboard. Use of the search function might also give a handle on which posters are reliable and which are less-than-sturdy (a Bearesque neologism, faute de mieux). M.S. Blanc, CCU was arguably one of the better unaccredited schools before it attained, with difficulty, DETC accreditation. It is a reputable school that may well serve your needs--but don't count on credit transferring to regionally accredited schools. Credit transfer can often be a capricious business for any number of reasons, both good and bad. Dr Douglas' cautions are on the mark. Heed them. Remember also that its now-discontinued doctoral programs remain unaccredited and that any doctoral degrees granted by CCU remain unaccredited despite CCU's subsequent DETC status. A few persons have resorted to badmouthing reliable posters for failing to fall down and worship CCU. Don't be misled by that. A school shouldn't be judged by a handful of bad apples who search for degree mill degrees in addition to work they might be doing at CCU. That's not CCU's fault. So proceed with caution. Ignore mill shills without credibility. Search this site thoroughly. Wait for solid answers. And best of luck to you in DL. Cordially, Janko
