1) Is UNISA a valid degree granting institution or not? 2) A Canadian group in British Columbia called "International Academic Correspondence inc." (www.iaci-canada.com) claims to be the Canadian representative for UNISA and it's Canadian "licensee." Does anyone know about this and what do they think? 3) Are UNISA programs recognized in the U.S.? They have DETC (Big deal) accreditation but no indications of being given the equivalent of RA. Thank you Kane
Of course there is UNISA and then there is UNISA . One gets alot of press here, but the other seldom gets mentioned, and I would have tought Mr Brown or Mr. French would have noted UNISA more often. Opps, stooping to sacrasam again,
Yes Unisa is legitimate. And internationally recognized. It is South Africa's oldest and largest university, founded in 1873 and granted its Royal Charter in 1877. IACI-Canada is also legitimate, and their Michael Esselen is very helpful (and a good guy).
Yes; it's a valid degree-granting institution. Nelson Mandela (BA, 1942; LLB, 1989) and Desmond Tutu (BA, 1954) are among its graduates. They're telling the truth. They hold approval from the South African Ministry of Education, which is generally accepted as being the South African equivalent to regional accreditation. Cheers,
We can see here that the DETC accreditation may be counterproductive for Unisa. On Jan 27, I tried to give some explanation of Unisa’s pursuit of DETC accreditation: University of South Africa (UNISA)/DETC (see 5th post in the thread). More recently (Feb 13), Unisa have provided a few words of explanation: UNISA RECEIVES ACCREDITATION FROM AMERICAN DISTANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING COUNCIL (see tail end of the page). Interestingly, the final reason listed is “the possibility of attracting US students because of the accreditation.” Hah!
Agreed. IACI is indeed helpful and apparently much easier to get answers from than the entity set up in the USA by the well meaning Mr. Craparo. I do not believe we have had anyone post here who is doing a degree through them. We did once have a guy here (or aed) doing some undergraduate courses. North
South African Universities besides UNISA UNISA seems to have a solid reputation. Are there anyother SA Universities that have complete degree programs via distance education like UNISA and if so are the costs similar?...Kane
Re: South African Universities besides UNISA There are a number of programs. These range from Univ. of Pretoria to the University of Zululand. University of Zuluand Doctoral tuition is around US dollars $600.00 a year. North
I did contact the PUCHE in South Africa, they told me I must meet the professor/supervisor "eye to eye" before registration.
