Are Ashworth college and Penn Foster college internationally accredited?

Hello,


I am from and I live in Greece and I would like to study either at Ashworth college or at Penn Foster college. I haven't made up my mind yet so any suggestions are welcomed! But I can't find in the information if they are internationally accredited, I can only get that they are nationally accredited...so, do you know? Are they internationally accredited? If I get a paper from one of them would it be recognized in my country? And last but not least, which one do you think is best?
Thank you in advance.


All the best,
Kyriaki

 

There is no such thing as international accreditation.

 

As Ted stated, there is no such thing as international accreditation. Both colleges are nationally accredited in the U.S. which is a recognized form of accreditation. However, regional accreditation is more respected. When I lived in the Caribbean, my qualifications from Ashworth were evaluated as being equivalent in my country. When I applied to study in India, my degree was accepted (though never evaluated) :tapedshut: It would be helpful to check the relevant organization in your country that is responsible for evaluating foreign qualifications.

 

Where in the Caribbean? I am from the grenadines.

 

That's of course true. Kyriaki means obviously "internationally recognised". However, some accreditation agencies are internationally recognised. AACSB is a good example and I think it's possible to call them an "international accreditation agency". The only problem is: Non of these internationally recognised agencies offers institutional accreditation.

Kyriaki, I think you should contact the Hellenic NARIC. I found this English page on their website: ...... - It seems to be the organization in Greece that's responsible for evaluating foreign degrees. (By the way, why do they need a copy of a high school diploma to evaluate a degree? The whole process seems to be quite complicated.)

 

There are "schools" that claim "international accreditation" but those can be dismissed the moment you see that term.

 

AACSB, although no long CHEA or DOE recognized, is no more internationally recognized than any other CHEA recognized agency. I think the accreditation of the institution is what really matters when it comes to degree evaluation and not so much the programmatic accreditation.

RA and NA are internationally recognized and they have granted institutional accreditation to schools outside the U.S.

University of South Africa and Deakin University, Australia were both accredited by DEAC.

Athabasca University (Canada), American University in Cairo (Egypt) and H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (BVI) are few of the 17 international institutions accredited by MSCHE.

Abu Dhabi University (UAE), Amity University (India) and American University of Armenia are WSCUC.

 

The Land of Wood and Water

 

My first quest would have been Dominica with it abundance of water and trees. However, the arrawak's word Xaymaca is abundance of water and trees

 

Yes, it is a recognized form of accreditation. And it should be recognized in situations that rely on a country's normal recognition process. Yet I started a multipage thread on how Ashworth degree was rejected even in a situation where, according to written rules, it had to be accepted. Outcome: after a year and a filed lawsuit, the organization accepted the degree... and then rewrote the rules to reject it for future applicants.

If at all possible, stick to RA or foreign equivalent (caveat emptor on the latter). You'll save yourself trouble.

 

Many of those overseas schools that had/have US institutional accreditation did so for one reason: to attract US students to their distance programs. For their homeland students, they already had top-notch accreditation from their own countries. (UNISA, Deakin, Athabasca...)

In these cases, the US accreditation was simply icing on the cake. Some (e.g. UNISA) have since dropped it. I guess they feel their reputation abroad has outgrown the need. Well, yeah, I guess it has. :smile:

J.

 

:haha::haha: Leave my country's roads alone lol

 

Is this real?

 

Sure it is. Some attribute the term GAAP (accreditation) to the eminent Dr. John Bear, who illuminated the concept for our use. Its origins are believed to have been during an AACRAO presentation many moons ago. Two reference pages here. What About International Accreditation? - Baker's Guide to Christian Online Learning

The second site is a degree.net page you can reach with a link from the Baker's Guide page. Basically, GAAP are defined this way:

"To offer recognized accreditation under GAAP, and accrediting agency must meet at least one of the following four criteria: Recognized by the Council on Higher Education Accreditation in Washington, DC Recognized by the U.S. Department of Education Recognized by (or more commonly, a part of) their relevant national education agency Schools they accredit are routinely listed in one or more of the following publications: the International Handbook of Universities (a UNESCO publication), the Commonwealth Universities Yearbook, the World Education Series, published by PIER, or the Countries Series, published by NOOSR in Australia."

The term GAAP is real. Is GAAP always real accreditation? You decide.

J.

 

Ya mon. So are you still Ph.D. to be or are you now Ph.D.?

 

What I want to know is , of all the schools in the world, how did you narrow it down to Ashworth and Penn Foster?