DETC Accrediting Commission Meeting

Was supposed to have taken place on January 12-13. Any news on if new schools made it?

 

No luck here. I have been looking and asking everywhere. Really interested to know myself.

 

Traditionally, DETC makes no announcements. New accreditors are eventually listed on their site. Nothing is ever said by DETC about those that don't make it.

 

I searched the web sites of each of the new applicants, and saw no mention of newly-minted DETC accreditation. Ditto on the DETC accredited schools list. I saw no new schools on the list of degree-granting institutions.

 

Out of all those on the DETC new applicant list it looks like the following school is the only one to make the cut:

Henley-Putnam University (formerly California University of Protection and Intelligence Management)
227 Devcon Drive
San Jose, CA 95112
408-453-9900; fax 408-453-9700
http://www.cupim.org

Verified at: http://www.detc.org/theaccrediting.html#act

 

Wyoming Schools 0-5 with DETC

Did NOT receive DETC accreditation

American Central University, Laramie, WY
American City University, Cheyenne, WY
American Global University, Cheyenne, WY
Halifax University, Casper, WY
Preston University, Cheyenne, WY

"Associated Press writer Monday, July 03, 2006

CHEYENNE -- At least six of Wyoming's 10 unaccredited universities had applied for accreditation ahead of a new law requiring them to either seek accreditation or leave the state, according to the schools and accrediting agencies.

The law goes into effect today.

Facing a growing reputation as one of the weakest states for regulating private universities, Wyoming's Legislature approved the accreditation law in March.

Accreditation generally involves an intensive review, including inspection visits by teams from the accrediting agency.

After today's deadline to apply for accreditation, the law gives schools five years to achieve it. With North Central, that's a tight schedule. Just being accepted as an accreditation candidate with North Central is a process in itself."

http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2006/07/03/news/wyoming/5014d280dc15eefd8725719d007df400.txt

 

5 remaining Wyoming Schools

So that leaves 5 of the 10 amigos from Wyoming to go.

North Central - (1)Kennedy-Western University & (2)Columbia Commonwealth University

DETC - (3)Paramount University of Technology (withdrew?? app. The artices says they applied, but I don't see them on the DETC site)

ACICS - (4)Newport International University in Laramie said it had applied for accreditation with the federally recognized Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools in Washington, D.C.; messages left with ACICS to confirm that were not returned.

(5)EC-Council, a Laramie computer security school which received its state license in February, said it tried to apply with six accrediting agencies and was turned down by every one because it had not enrolled students for at least two years

 

What states are left that these businesses can legally move to and still represent themselves as a degree granting institution? I was under the impression that Wyoming was essentially the last bastion of hope for unaccreditated "universities".

 

EC-Council University moved to New Mexico.

 

I can't figure out this place. EC-Council technical certification program appears to be relatively successful, and the course content looks legit. However, they did move to NM - a huge red flag.

 

As mentioned above

The move to NM could just be so they can get started with courses and then apply again after they've had some students go through the program. I don't know that I would assign any sinister motive to the move.

 

I think it is just that Wyoming changed the law to chase out the unaccredited universities or force them to clean up.

Some would view jumping to another state as an admission of guilt.

 

...or so they say.
Please understand me: I do think this school is a sincere startup, based on the fact that they do have some credibility in tech cert world and might not want to loose it. But the move makes it seem like they're not completely sure about their own product. I do wish them well: the courses (or, rather, the certs they convert to courses) seem very cool. Maybe even cooler than SANS Institute's, at least on the surface and for a wannabe like me. On the other hand, their MBA doesn't seem to be well thought out.

 

Note that it is very common over the last few years for schools to not be DETC accredited after the first year. In other words, because a school has already applied and was not approved at the last meeting it could still achieve approval at a future meeting.