DEAC PhD

I would tend to agree. I have seen this online in a number of cases with Africans. In one case some African star and her husband received doctorates from an unaccredited US religious school. Many people commenting were congratulating them but more than one African based person pointed out the lack of accreditation and indicated it wasn't a real degree.

Doesn't mean there aren't foreign students fooled or more often willing to delude themselves. But even here we have people doing fantasy doctorates out of some Church's basement and using the title knowing full well they did the Lord a disservice. In many cases they have no formal education beyond high school and so have no idea what a real doctorate should consist of but then neither do the "faculty" at some of these schools of heavenly knowledge.

 

In this case, I take "government approval" in terms of a school being a certified SEVP participant, able to issue valid I-20 forms enabling students to apply for a F1 visa and, after completion, an OPT approval. So "government" as in not the state license, more in terms of the Department of Homeland Security.

 

It's whatever is in the eye of the beholder, and that's what I meant by my comment. And no, I'm not convinced the dynamic has changed all that much. But what HAS changed is the increase in the availability of accreditation (even with the demise of ACICS). Schools that couldn't get a whiff at accreditation 40 years ago have much greater access to it today.