Western Governors University

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  1. Mike Albrecht

    Mike Albrecht New Member

    Another interesting developement found at the bottom of the WASC listing of accreditated colleges in the candidates listing.

     
    Mike Albrecht, May 6, 2002
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  2. defii

    defii New Member

    This is rather interesting. Does this mean that all the regional accrediting agences mentioned will accredit the university as a consortium? If that is the case, wouldn't that be unprecedented?
     
    defii, May 6, 2002
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  3. Mike Albrecht

    Mike Albrecht New Member

    Re: Re: Western Governors University

    I guess so, because:

     
    Mike Albrecht, May 6, 2002
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  4. Mike Albrecht

    Mike Albrecht New Member

    Also of interest:

    Site has PDF attachment, lead to think perhaps the IRAC was created to accredite WGU :confused:
     
    Mike Albrecht, May 6, 2002
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  5. Gert Potgieter

    Gert Potgieter member

    Absolutely correct. This was extensively discussed back in 1998 or thereabouts. Since then there has been a proposal to assign responsibility for accreditation of WGU to the Northwest Association, with IRAC retained primarily as a vehicle for communication between the regional accreditors. I don't know what happened to this proposal.
     
    Gert Potgieter, May 6, 2002
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  6. Gert Potgieter

    Gert Potgieter member

    A press release from WGU says the following:
    • Since WGU is incorporated in the state of Utah, the Northwest Commission on Colleges will serve as the gatekeeping agency with respect to the University.
     
    Gert Potgieter, May 6, 2002
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