All I know is what you probably know already. They are regionally accredited and offer one of the least expensive RA M.Eds you can find. However, someone mentioned in a thread a few months ago that the school doesn't have the necessary programatic accreditation to be widely accepted. I will try to search out the link to that thread and add it on in an edit. The thread was called, something like, "RA M.Ed for Under 7k"
Board of Trustees The Board of Trustees at the American College of Education provides the oversight and governance of the institution. The members of the board of trustees include: •Dr. Mike Moses - Board Chairman Former Commissioner of Education, State of Texas •Dr. Don McAdams - Board Vice Chairman President, Center for the Reform of School Systems •Adm. Thomas B. Hayward, USN Retired Former Chief of Naval Operations and Member of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff •Dr. Rod Paige Former U.S. Secretary of Education, U.S. Department of Education •Dr. Robert Peterkin Francis Keppel Senior Lecturer on Education Policy and Administration and Director of the Urban Superintendents Program, Harvard University •Dr. Walter Bumphus A.M. Aikin Regents Chair in Education Leadership, University of Texas at Austin •Dr. Gian Mario Besana Associate Vice President for Academic Technology and Distance Learning, DePaul University •Deborah M. Jewell-Sherman, Ed.D. Director, Harvard University Graduate School of Education •G. Daniel Howard, Ph.D. Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, Arkansas State University •Margaret M. Sullivan, Ph.D Regional Chancellor, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg
Would that be NCATE? ACE doesn't have that accreditation, though I'm not familiar enough with the education/teaching system in the US to know how important that is.
Here's the other thread http://forums.degreeinfo.com/distance-learning-discussions/32890-american-college-education-ra-m-ed-under-7k.html
