Any Word on DETC Accreditations?

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  1. Dennis Ruhl

    Dennis Ruhl member

    The DETC Accrediting Commission was supposed to be meeting yesterday and today to consider the following schools:


    Institutions Seeking Initial Accreditation:

    AHS Institute, Association for Hebraic Studies, Suffern, NY
    California Coast University, Santa Ana, CA
    Central State University, Riverside, CA
    Century University, Albuquerque, NM
    Educational Correspondence Training School, Erie, PA
    IMPAC University, Punta Gorda, FL
    International Sports Sciences Association, Santa Barbara, CA
    KLC School of Design, London, England, UK
    Lansbridge University, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
    Rescue College, Kansas City, MO
    Sonoran Desert Institute, Scottsdale, AZ
    Southwest University, Kenner, LA

    Any word??
     
  2. shirleyngan

    shirleyngan New Member

    I would also like to know about Central State University, Riverside, CA
     
  3. Bruce

    Bruce Moderator

    Central State is a diploma mill.

    Stay away.
     
  4. uncle janko

    uncle janko member

  5. shirleyngan

    shirleyngan New Member

    But CSU is applying for DETC accreditation, do you think it will success?
     
  6. uncle janko

    uncle janko member

    I don't know, Shirley.

    Unlike a few people here, I don't make predictions about accreditation decisions. The outfit looks shabby and my guess would be that they don't deserve accreditation, but I have inveighed for some time against another school (irrelevant to your concerns, lucky you) which many feel will actually get accreditation. My concern there and here is the same, however: if a school runs an obvious sleazy degree mill as a side business, how valid can that school's claims about itself possibly be?

    Furthermore, I trust Bruce's appraisal; he has been at this a lot longer than I have and knows a lot more than I do.

    I have been critical of the decisions of one of the regional accreditors for slackness, and also saw a national accreditor rightly (in my opinion) revoke accreditation in one instance and wrongly deny accreditation in another.

    Don't aim for the lowest quality schools on the idea that these will be cheaper or easier. Aim for the best quality schools and try to meet their demands. It took me several false starts--including nearly falling for the lies of one famous mill--before I got my bearings and made appropriate decisions. Don't rush. Look at lots of websites and ask lots of questions here. Best wishes to you. Janko
     
  7. atraxler

    atraxler New Member

  8. Dennis Ruhl

    Dennis Ruhl member

    This was an old list. Central State is not on the list being considered next week.
     
  9. shirleyngan

    shirleyngan New Member

    But it still on the DETC New Applicants Page

    New Applicants
    As of December 4, 2003, the following institutions have submitted applications for accredited to the DETC Accrediting Commission:

    Abraham Lincoln University, Los Angeles, CA
    AHS Institute (Association for Hebraic Studies), Suffern, NY
    American College of I.T., Saint Joseph, MO
    Anaheim University, Newport Beach, CA
    At-Home Professions, Fort Collins, CO
    Blackstone Career Institute, Emmaus, PA
    California Coast University, Santa Ana, CA
    Central State University, Riverside, CA
    Deakin University, Australia
    International Sports Sciences Association, Santa Barbara, CA
    Lansbridge University, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
    Monash University, Australia
    Rescue College/Association of Gospel Rescue Missions, N. Kansas City, MO
    Southern California University for Professional Studies, Santa Ana, CA
    Southern Queensland University, Australia
    University of New England, Australia
    University of Philosophical Research, Los Angeles, CA
    Yorktown University, Dolores, CO
     
  10. BillDayson

    BillDayson New Member

    This Canada Princeton College seems to be a thinly-veiled back-door Canadian immigration vehicle, offering student visas for a price.

    It's interesting that the St. Regis-affiliated advertisement for a "foreign credential evaluator" that Galanga recently posted was really all about using the SRU version of "prior learning assessment" to qualify for American H-1B visas.

    "The 5th Agent Recruitment Training held on June 7, 2003

    The representatives of over 60 recruitment agencies from countries of Russia, India, Mongolia, Korea, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Thailand and Burma participated in the agent recruitment training seminar in Princeton College..."

    "Recruitment Seminars held in 38 cities in China

    Recently, Canada Princeton College concluded its Spring 2003 China International Student Recruitment Tour..."
     
  11. Ian Anderson

    Ian Anderson Active Member

    I live near Riverside and have never heard of this college.

    Consider this: Riverside is in Southern California so why is it called Central State University?

    My guess it is to mislead people by referring to themselves as CSU Riverside thus invoking the perception that they are a California State University. CSU is commonly used abreviation for Cal State schools here in California.
     
  12. Dennis Ruhl

    Dennis Ruhl member

    Central State is not on the list under accrediting commission. Who knows??
     
  13. John Bear

    John Bear Senior Member

    Central State, at 3666 University Ave., #401, in Riverside, is a California-approved school. They have been offering Bachelor's and Master's degrees since 1996.

    Ian . . . if you happen to do a 'drive by' it would be interesting to learn what sort of a campus can be found in room (or box) 401.
     

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