Good University is really a DIPLOMA MILL

Interesting. Could you expand on that a bit? I'm not being a smartass... I seriously want to get a better handle on precisely what you mean. Thanks!

 

Re: actually not

Hi Bullet

I definitely agree with your first statement. Each system has its advantages and disadvantages. The second statement I wold disagree with. The student should be getting what they bargained for. They should be aware of the accreditation status and the implications ot it.

I would also disagree that unaccredited degrees are of no value. While their value and utility may be much less than RA degrees they still have value and worth.

 

Re: actually not

Yes... it's got a guinea pig sort of feel to it, doesn't it?

I see. Er... wait... You mean RA and/or NA "candidacy" status, or are you still back on the ABA? If the former, I thought even candidacy status took some time.

Yes, I've seen a bit of that elsewhere. So let me get this straight... the new school hooks-up with such-and-such RA-accredited school and... what... offers the RA-accredited school's coursework? Then the student, when he/she finally graduates, is actually getting his/her degree from the RA-accredited school? If so, then the new school is, for a while at least, what... effectively a satellite of the RA-accredited school? If so, on what does RA base the new school's quality? A monkey could teach someone else's syllabus. How does the new school differentiate itself during its pre-accreditation years from the RA-accredited school with which it has affiliated?

 

I don't know what there is to explain. Good, legitimate, DL schools were, in the past, excluded from RA. They aren't anymore. The schools I mentioned were examples of the former.

 

Re: Re: actually not

The "satellite" can vary dramatically from the parent school, and can have its own infrastructure. The degrees would be awarded by the parent school, but the satellite would operate nearly autonomously. And it is on that basis they would be evaluated.

 

DETC has no provisional or candidate status that I know of.

The ABA will grant provisional accreditation in time for a first class to graduate with accredited J.D.s

Regional accreditors will grant candidacy status after as little as one year of operation.

Any school that says it can't get some sort of recognition or accreditation in a reasonable period of time but offers the equivalent of an accredited program is suspect IMHO.

 

Hi Bullet: Tell us more about the Latin recognition system. This might clear up some questions about, among others, Universidad Empresarial, etc.

 

Ummm well