New DEAC Accredited Schools

It seems DEAC updated its school directory before posting its accreditation action findings. So this is not necessarily an exhaustive list, just those I noticed are newly accredited:

1. American Denturist College - Non-degree granting. Kind of an interesting concept, apparently the ADA is on a mission to suppress the profession of "Denturist" entirely. So I don't know how useful it is in most states.

2. College of Court Reporting - According to the directory, they offer an AAS in "Court Reproting" (sic).

3. Naaleh College - Always happy to see new religious schools, even happier when those schools aren't Christian (I'm into the diversity. It's an HR thing).

4. The Art of Education - While I'm tired of everything being labeled a university, this has to rank up there with dumbest school names alongside "TEACH Now" and Realtor University.

This of course excludes George Brown, Olivet and a handful of other schools that were being considered. Of course, they could simply be deferred (as opposed to having accreditation denied outright) or just not loaded to the directory yet.

 

Neuhaus: "College of Court Reporting - According to the directory, they offer an AAS in "Court Reproting" (sic)."

Bear: I was going to write something silly about the Pfoofreading course . . . but then I went to the school website (http://www.ccr.edu) where the opening screen has a most amazingly awful 2-minute promotional video, probably the worst and dumbest school video I've ever seen.

 

Well, somebody has to write the Police Notes

 

When viewing it my first thought was "Wow, that's a lot more people in offices than students..."

Then the rapping started. Honestly, just for the sheer balls of an institution to not only produce that but to put it on their website, I think I actually respect them a little more for it.

 

Please also note that Laurus College has moved from the "To Be Considered" and into the institutional directory. They offer on-campus programs as well and appear to have picked up DEAC on top of their ACICS accreditation. While they are out of hot water I can understand not wanting to put all of your eggs in one ACICS basket these days.

Medical Coding and Billing, Information Technology and Web Design.

Meh.

 

I've observed that it's not uncommon for an applicant to be on the DEAC list for a couple of years, going through the various hoops and meticulous fine-tuning required by the accreditation process and awaiting a final outcome. Or it can be as long as six years, on-and-off the list, before eventual success, as in the case of Nations University. Perhaps such patience and perseverance is appropriate for a religious school, like Nations.

 

Yeah, and the tuition isn't cheap either.

 

Of course. There is a big difference between being under consideration and having your application rejected. You can be under consideration with the decision being deferred for years. So not being in the latest round of actions doesn't mean much.

Happens on renewals, too. A number of DEAC favorites are up for renewal as of June 2018. Some will be renewed. Some may be deferred to a later date. If they're in trouble, we'll see them on the show cause list.

 

When I attempted to go to their website, I was met with the message “Access Denied.”

Makes you wonder if they’ve had an administrative or ownership change resulting in a formerly respectable institution becoming a joke. Kind of like a logistics institute in NJ that had been accredited by DEAC which underwent an apparent ownership change, started calling itself “William Loveland College,” began to offer MBA degrees that fooled a lot of people, and was finally exposed as the sham it had always been.

Speaking of which, whatever happened to David Lady, the joke of a “provost” who announced a lawsuit by William Loveland against DEAC, then pulled a disappearing act to beat the band?

 

What did I just see here? What in the world? I am speechless. Goodness gracious...and coming from you Dr. Bear, who has just about seen it all, that is saying a lot.

 

David Lady
President/CEO, GeoSpace Labs
Fort Collins, Colorado

https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-lady-145049144/

https://geospacelabs.com/

 

My Question: What happened to the lawsuit?

Answer: Nothing. Stuck in neutral since last November. Odd. Maybe they're waiting till Sept. 31st. (Steve and many of the old-guard here will get this.)

https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/22639668/WILLIAM_LOVELAND_COLLEGE_v_DISTANCE_EDUCATION_ACCREDITION_COMMISSION#

 

DEAC finally released its report from the June 22 meeting. Some surprises in there...

The total list of newly accredited schools is this:

American Denturist School
California Institute of Advanced Management
College of Court Reporting (our new favorite)
Laurus College
Naaleh College
The Art of Education

The following renewals:

Distance Education Company (NY Institute of Art, NY Institute of Photography and New York Institute of Career Development)
Dunlap-Stone University
International Sports Sciences Association
Sonoran Desert Institute
University of Management and Technology (though, note that the others were accredited through 2023 and UMT was only reaccredited through 2020)

The biggest shocker on the list, however, is the new show cause order. For whom?

The University of Philosophical Research

Also a fair smattering of new programs, most of them fairly ordinary. Though of interest is Aspen now offering a pre-licensure BSN. Curious to see the approvals on that one and Penn Foster offering some solar and thermal installation certificates.

 

As you would expect, a good part of this is on-campus and done in a hospital setting. Details here: http://www.aspen.edu/degrees/bachelors-degree/bachelor-of-science-in-nursing-pre-licensure

Sorry - looked for the approvals - must have missed 'em.

 

OK - found it. http://www.aspen.edu/accreditation

A quote:

Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
The baccalaureate and master’s degree programs in nursing at Aspen University are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education

 

Anything new about DEAC? Is is ok and will continue despite t the scathing report from report from the Century Foundation?
Commentary For-Profit Education
College Regulator Proves Asleep at the Wheel

 

Not sure what your particular angle is but in answer to your question, apparently so. I believe that report is around two years old. DEAC has been around a long time and is continually upgrading their standards and requirements. More stringent than several years ago.

They are NA and there is always debate (less utility).

Remember that the University of Phoenix, Argosy and a host of for profits have been or are Regionally Accredited. Not sure that worked out great. The top suckers of student loan funds are places like Walden, Capella, Phoenix.

A more general question is should accreditation be a state responsibility? It is strange to have it be voluntary and done by private associations when elsewhere in the world it is a governmental function.

 

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A more general question is should accreditation be a state responsibility? It is strange to have it be voluntary and done by private associations when elsewhere in the world it is a governmental function.[/QUOTE]

I think the state should regulate and accredit universities. Interestingly, Canada does not have a department of education. It is a provincial responsibility.