Northcentral U is now accredited.

Subjective opinion!

 

Perhaps, dear Russell, you misunderstand me. While I have always maintained that RA is the most legitimate accreditation here in the States, I have never said that if an institution is RA I would automatically endorse it.

I can think of several schools that are RA that I think are very poor in quality - and they are not limited to schools that are accredited by the NCA (which has always been the friendliest of regional agencies when it comes to nontraditional education). Some of the poor RA schools are, in fact, distance based (like a certain school headquartered in Phoenix), while others are quite traditional and have no residential program.

RA, in short, is the best indicator that a school may have met high quality standards, but it is not a guarantee that it has done so.

 

Dr. Levicoff,

Do you mind sharing which are some of the RA dl and traditional institutions that have poor quality programs according to your rationale? Just curious.

thanks

 

No misunderstanding, Steve. The thesis of my post is that your personal endorsement of a degree program is simply that--your personal endorsement. Individual endorsement of any school is based largely on subjective criteria, i.e., if that school is RA. If a school is RA, whether Harvard, Union or NCU, it has met the minimal requirements of the US gold standard---and as such enjoys equivalent legitimacy with any other RA school. Now granted, the quality of degree programs will differ among schools, but when a school achieves RA it has positioned itself as the new kid on the block. And true, established academe may put the freshman through a season of hazing, but the kid remains what he is--RA.

 

If NCA likes NCU will they OK TTS too?

 

I certainly hope so; many TTS alumni probably expected their degrees to have widespreade acceptance due to the Liverpool arrangement, and it would be nice to see them rewarded for their work.


Cheers,

 

If they do, Bill, I will buy you a box of Kleenex, and personally petition T-Delta to have you reinstated as a forum member. I know you miss it!

 

Tom: The students do work at TTS. Never denied it. I too hope TTS gets accreditation for the students' sake.

Russell: No, I will NOT cry. TTS doesn't remove its stain with accreditation. Repentance and recompense will remove the stain , but that condition hardly is signaled by a grasping at NCA while yet promising universal accreditation through Christ Church --a deception intended to separate the unwary from their hard earned $.

Enough said...off to study,

 

Howard: and the next tuition increase is when?

John:
Presently: $175 per credit.

An enrolled student tells me that current minutes on the NCU 'learner affairs' site suggest that graduate costs will shortly double to $350, while undergraduate units will onlyS rise 63% to $300.

Also: courses are likely to drop from four to three units each, so a graduate course will onlyS be $1,050 instead of $1,400.
___________
PS: S means the previous word was sarcastically intended

 

Web site says $250 per unit. Is that not correct?

 

Sarcasm on DegreeInfo???

 

Current graduate tuition is $250.00. It went to $250.00 from $230.00 in October. If my memory serves me correctly, it has been over a year since it was $175.00.

Ted N.

 

Negative Post

I find that many on this site seem to want to throw stones at any school that is not accredited, but then when one becomes accredited you complain about that too.

I do not know anything about NCU, and have never even heard of it. My thesis in this post is that many of you all over this site seem to just want to knock down anything that someone puts up. Some of you seem to be very intelligent, but you look like a bunch of kids cracking on each other using proper grammar instead of slang.

I have read many post on here lately, and some of the exchanges between Rich and Steve, and many others just seem, so trivial.

50 years from now do any of you think any of these little petty arguments will matter?

A person's worth to me is not based on where his degree is from, or how well he sounds when cracking on others.

Tom Head had it right when he said that it is a good thing for DL school to become accredited. Isn't that what degreeinfo.com is about? I came here to get good information, not to listen to academics slamming each other.

 

Re: Negative Post

So you decided to slam others yourself? Thanks for that solid input. Nothing petty there.

 

Re: Negative Post

Hey, Yo, Bro'Man, ain't at what educated kids do, crackin on each othuh without usin slang?

Seriously, while a certain amount of banter, jest and sparring does take place among some of the regulars, DegreeInfo remains a valuable source of information for Distance Learning. The varied opinions offer balance, while at the same time providing solid substantive advice.

Welcome to the forum!

 

Do these birds and their hosts have a symbiotic relationship (courtesy of eating the host's gadflies), or a parasitic relationship (courtesy of picking at picking at and opening scabs)? Or both? I never did pay much attention in biology.

Tony

 

Re: Negative Post

It would be a dull world in which only heavy stuff is pushed around.

Opherus

 

I would have won!

If I had placed a bet on the response from my post I would have won! Exactly what I expected.

Rich,

I am not slamming anyone. I just think from reading all that I have read here that the first look at anything that breaks the traditional barrier is looked upon as unfavorable. I am just suggesting that rather than find flaw in everything that you can, look for the opposite. Obviously you have done allot of research, and you are an authority on this subject. My comment is about the jarring, and put downs of others who do not go your route. Some people just disagree, or do not have the means to do the best thing. I did not comment to start something, but rather to encourage.

Most schools that are non traditional, or distant do not start out with the finances to meet the criteria of RA. Most will have to grow, learn, and operate before they evolve into a credible RA qualified institution. I am all for non-traditional education as long as it is legit. I believe in working for what you get, and not for where you do your work. I hope more non-traditional distant schools become RA.

Cheers,

Scott

 

My take is different. I think that people are far too ready to consider programs to be acceptable simply because they are RA or equivalent per "GAAP." I think we should be more stringent in our scrutiny of non-traditional programs than we currently are -- certainly not less.

 

Re: Negative Post

Yo' mama's degree is sooooo fake....