MadisonU.org is dropping Doctoral programs effective Jan 01, 05

I had posted this on a older forum on MadisonU. Curious on opinions or facts.

I received information that MadisonU.org out of Gulfport, Mississippi will not be offering Doctorate programs effective Jan. 01, 05. I am wondering if they are seeking to initiate a application for a US rec. accreditor such as DETC.

I have seen schools in the past drop doctorates to seek initial accreditation and some could survive without the lost revenues and some could not.

Any ideas or opinions. Is MadisonU.org, a 3 year institution, seeking a initial process for US rec. accreditation or another form? I have reviewed their programs and they do require coursework and dissertations etc. that appear to be in a similar format to some trdaitional DL programs that are RA.

I do know from reviewing DETC's initial guidelines and fees that a university or institution who is applying for intitial accreditation, must be in operation and have a solid history of 2 years before submitting a application to even begin the process. I also can see that they had best have a good financial source of capital to even begin the process as it states that each course offered is $1000 to be evaluated. Now unless I am missing something, these appear to be clear costs associated with initial accreditation. They can be reviewed at www.detc.org That would make a school with many degree and course offerings to possibly cost as much as a few hundred thousand $$$ or more.

I guess every school must be unaccredited in their initial existence.

 

Why post the same post on two threads?
See my reply on the other thread about this jokey outfit.

 

Well

AICS - was joke is it today?

 

I had to follow a link through my email to even find my second post as this site was having problems and I didnt want to simply post off of a 6 month old forum. In either case.

I am seeking comments or ideas as to why they would drop what I feel would be a lucrative doctoral program. Any hunches?