Akamai University USA PREMIER American International Theism University USA PREMIER American Management University USA MEMBERSHIP INSTITUTION Andragogy International Universe High School - AIUHS USA PREMIER Atlantic International University USA PREMIER Brentwood University USA ACCREDITED California Pacificatory University USA INTERIM ACCREDITATION Catholic University of New Spain (UCNE) USA MEMBERSHIP INSTITUTION Constant Professional Institute USA ACCREDITED Distance Learning Systems and Gateway Education USA PREMIER Faith Leads University USA ACCREDITED Jala University USA PREMIER Jehovah Jireh Bible Institute of Higher Learning USA PREMIER Kenner University USA ACCREDITED Lifestyle Prescriptions University USA PREMIER LIGS University USA PREMIER Louisiana Baptist University and Seminary USA PREMIER Lucent University USA PREMIER New Covenant International University and Seminary USA ACCREDITED Passion International University for Sciences, Arts and Development USA ACCREDITED Revelation University, Inc USA PREMIER The Continents States University USA ACCREDITED Theological International University USA PREMIER US University of Technology, Science and Arts USA ACCREDITED West Coast Bible College & Seminary USA PREMIER Western State University USA ACCREDITED Wilmington Metropolitan University USA ACCREDITED
If ASIC is the equivalent of institutional accreditation in the United States and the equivalent overseas why do the schools not have the DOT EDU after them? A couple do have .edu but that is likely because they were grandfathered (LBU for example) when anyone doing education could get a DOT edu address.
ASIC is considered CHEA recognized but falls more in the quality assurance area and is considered a program accreditation instead of an institutional accreditation. Interestingly enough, some of these schools go this route in order to cross-validate with other international schools. An example would be American International Theism University. They have a partnership going with a Malaysian school that would allow a dual Doctorate award which would lead to the Malaysian school being equivalent to a US regionally accredited institution on a foreign credential evaluation.
It would go a long way to establishing some credibility for me if an institution gained the dot EDU based on their accreditation by ASIC (as with the German ACQUIN). There are a couple of schools with .edu but they appear to have been grandfather.
Apparently ASIC does conduct onsite inspections of international institutions. https://www.asic.org.uk/international-accreditation/international-accreditation-process
Right, the domain .edu was implemented in 1985 as a generic top-level domain. At that time, the domain could have become a global TLD, like .com or .org, but that never happened. Since 2001, new registrants for second-level domain names under .edu have been required to be US–affiliated institutions of higher education. This means .edu is the functional equivalent of education-related second-level domains under the respective county code TLD in other countries. Examples are .ac.uk in the UK or .edu.au in Australia. Incidentally, .edu is no longer considered a generic domain, but a sponsored domain.