I am interested in your feed back on Atlantic International University, AIU. I live in Malaysia. There is a new outfit in Malaysia claiming to be a local representative for this university. They claim to be state registered in Hawaii. They also claim to be accredited. I am interested in completing my MBA and possibly my doctorate degree through this local outfit with AIU. Your valuable feed back is appreciated. Ryan
Atlantic Internation University Atlantic Internation University is not accrediated. I am also looking into my MBA and trying to decided between Amberton University in Texas or Touro Internation University. Both are RA but have difference. Amberton- Cost for an MBA excluding books is $5940.00 or $165.00 per credit. The entire program can be done online. Touro - Cost for MBA including books is $10,800.00. or $300.00 per credit. This can also be done completely online. My husband thinks since they are both Regionally Accrediated I should go for Amberton. Even if the books cost $2000.00 for the program I am ahead of the game. However Touro is affliated with Touro Law school here in NY and well respected. But look into both of these. Hope this helps
What I think of as the most important chapter of our book Bears' Guide to the best MBAs by Distance Learning (11 vital factors to consider in choosing an MBA program) is available free on line at the publisher's site, http://www.degree.net/guides/mba_guide.html John Bear PS: The word is "accredited."
Under Hawaii law, "No unaccredited institution shall indicate or suggest that the State licenses, approves, or regulates its operations." Hawaii Rev. Stat. section 446E-5(a). Jeffrey E. Brunton Staff Attorney Office of Consumer Protection State of Hawaii
Re: To John Bear I should not speak for Dr. B but I think this was meant as a sort of joke. Dr. B. had posted a thread regarding the variations in the spelling he has received (some mistakes...some ignorance from mills). North
Re: Atlantic Internation University Unless you plan on using the MBA to teach I doubt if it really would make any difference as to whether you obtain it at Amberton or at Touro. And, if you are planning on using it to teach I also doubt that either Amberton or Touro will get you into a teaching position at a B&M upper level college. Maybe an adjunct at a jr college........You will need a more high powered MBA and a PhD or DBA to obtain a position and a highly regarded business school. My HO.
Re: To John Bear No, it wasn't rude. The term "accredited" is a commonly used one on this board. To spell it incorrectly several times warrants comment, as its misuse demonstrates an infamiliarity with the term. New posters to this or any other board should avail themselves of any archives available. Such a look on this board would have revealed John's post about the number of different ways "accredited" is spelled. If you did your homework--studying what has been discussed and what this board is about--you would have known that and corrected your own spelling, IMHO. So do it already, and let's proceed with the substance of your issue(s). (The rebuttal above doesn't win any grammatical prizes, either. But I guess I'm rude for pointing that out. Sorry.)
Spelling error Get over it . So I spelled one word wrong. I have never seen so many post about one word. If it was suppose to be a joke, why are we still discussing this. It's over and done with. P.S. It still was rude.
Re: Atlantic Internation University @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ I still believe that "RA" Australian universities have the edge when it comes to sheer value for money. Why don't you check out The University of Southern Queensland? www.usq.edu.au CFr
I had a great time with learning at AIU, at first I was skeptical about the university after reading a few negative comments, but after learning more about accreditation and how most big private universities use accreditation as a sales strategy and that accreditation is easily obtainable I realized that AIU was a great opportunity for me to save thousands of dollars on my education. The experience was great and I was able to choose my own courses and books for each course. I was able to write investigative research assignments on practical and relevant issues. The only difference I found from an DOE accredited online university and privately accredited AIU is the cost, and deadline dates for study. AIU offers a way to learn at a self pace. Other universities kept me at strict deadline dates with no opportunity to make an assignment up if missed the submission date for an assignment, then I would either fail or have to pay for the course again. Most employers that I have came across never questioned my accreditation but only was concerned with my experience and knowledge. Ive had a number of job offers since graduating. People say its not accredited but it is by two accrediting agencies. U.S. Department of Education accrediting agencies are all corporations FOR PROFIT I found out, and are corporations that are invested in by universities they accredit, same with the student loan agencies that generated 986 billion dollars in student loans in 2013, they are mainly invested in by big colleges and universities which gives them less reason to lower tuition. I'm starting to realize that big universities use accreditation as a means to continue the price gouging of tuition. You can graduate from a school like Harvard but if your a complete idiot then you most likely will not get a job. Your ambition, knowledge, character, personality and integrity will get you the job NOT accreditation, unless for licensing purposes. I'd much had rather attended AIU for my Master degree that I only spent $8,000 for than a state university or a private university like Phoenix or Corinthians colleges which would run me $40k - $60,000 dollars and not guarantee me a job when I graduated but will guarantee me a huge amount of debt that I have to pay back. AIU has had many professional and even public and political figures attend. IF you look at universities like University of the People which is free tuition and you only pay for the exam after each course even if you pass or not, they are NOT accredited even by a private accrediting review body, nothing at all, and they get backed by universities like NYU and Microsoft and HP had donated to them knowing that they are not ACCREDITED. Is this a double standard or what? Does this prove that the word "accreditation" can possibly be over rated and used as a manipulating tool for "big" universities to deceive and to get more money out of non-educated working adults and professionals looking to continue their education and maintain employment and who know nothing about accreditation other than the hype about it ? yes you can not get your nursing degree from AIU but business and economics or any field that you have extensive knowledge in you can learn. It is said that if you go to a big university and you spend $40 thousand dollars, only $3,000- $8,000 of that money actually goes to lecturing or used for learning purposes. The rest of that $32,000-$37,000 dollar amount is pure profit for the university, smh people! Is it that people are so passive now-an-days that we let big universities "make their own price" for getting a degree from their university and help them fund it by investing in Sally May and other big student loan lenders? Please share your thoughts? What do you think about student loan lenders and having big stake holders by big universities and colleges? Is that a conflict of interest? Does accreditation mean that you learn something? Does accreditation mean that you get a job? Does accreditation dictate your tuition now? Should U.S. DOE accrediting review body corporations be private or should they turn to Government Agencies? "The endowments of Furman University, Harvard University, Mount Holyoke College, and University of Michigan all hold stakes in Sallie Mae through their investments in Highfields Capital Management, a hedge fund that manages more than $11 billion and is the second-biggest Sallie Mae shareholder. As of the end of last year, Highfields owned nearly 40 million shares of Sallie Mae, or 8.6 percent of the company’s common stock." Who’s Getting Rich off Student Loans? College Endowments by Daniel Luzer | College Guide | The Washington Monthly
