DEAC Accredited(?) PhD

William Carey University (DEAC accredited) is presently offering a PhD in Global Development. The school notes that "WCIU’s Ph.D. in Global Development is approved by Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC) as part of a pilot project. However, the program is not yet included within WCIU's scope of DEAC accreditation. DEAC is working to extend their scope of recognition to include PhD programs with the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)." So its "approved" but not "included"?

 

Looks like an interesting program. Not inexpensive at around $40,000 (1800 per class for 1st world students).

 

Are William Carey International University (DEAC) and William Carey University (SACS) related to each other?

 

No.

 

Yes, they are long-distance cousins through INTERNATIONAL. J/K

 

Thanks, I thought they were somehow related.
I would be surprised if you can create a university and name it just by putting International in the name and have zero repercussions.
I am sure MIT would not like it if I opened a university named Massachusetts Institute of Technology International (MIT International).

 

William Carey (1761-1834) seems to be one of those "many institutions named after; no one institution 'owns' the name" individuals. There are also Carey Theological College in Canada and Carey Baptist College in New Zealand both degree-granting, and numerous Carey and William Carey K-12 schools.

 

Just like Columbia University

• Columbia University
• Columbia College of Columbia University
• Columbia College
• Columbia International University
• University of British Columbia

I am going to start an online school as Columbia Institute of Technology

 

Cambridge College (originally in Cambridge Massachusetts but recently moved to Boston, est. 1971) is being acquired by Bay Path University which will absorb it under the name Bay Path University, so this tactic won’t always win out!

 

Really??

I'm local to the area, and haven't heard that, I actually would have predicted the opposite (Cambridge absorbs Bay Path). Cambridge College is (or was) the "go to" school for Massachusetts educators, who make extra money for every postgraduate credit they earn after the Master's degree.

My former neighbor (I moved, I believe she's still there) was a Boston Public School teacher who earned her Master's at Cambridge College, then took a class or two during every Summer. Last I heard, she was something like a "Master's plus 45 (semester credits)", with extra money coming with each semester credit.