Nexford has raised $15.3 million

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  1. AsianStew

    AsianStew Moderator Staff Member

    This might be a few weeks old, but old news is good news? Or so, I think...

    Yes, this is the same Nexford we have talked about. They're state recognized in the US and they have ASIC recognition in the UK. Many people including myself look at ASIC with a cautious eye.

    Having said that, I think Nexford is actually doing their part, and what I mean by that is, they're trying to provide an education as inexpensively as possible for the people of under-developed nations.

    They're not seeking to be the next U of People, but they're doing something similar.... once thought of as a bad apple, seems to be blooming properly. I'm not against or for Nexford, but I hope they keep up the good work and help those in need of a proper education.

    Link: https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/10/nexford-university-lands-10-8m-pre-series-a-to-scale-its-flexible-remote-learning-platform/
     
  2. Dustin

    Dustin Well-Known Member

    I know it's a marketing ploy but pursuing ASIC and calling themselves accredited leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Their focus on tech reminds me of Quantic, except that they're pursuing that Philosophy niche.

    Edit: Whoops. Nexford is not the ones offering Philosophy. That's Newlane. But Nexford still calls themselves "accredited" despite lacking CHEA/DOE accreditation as we think of it. Very underhanded.
     
  3. LearningAddict

    LearningAddict Well-Known Member

    I'm sure you already know this, but just for others: CHEA and the DOE don't accredit, they only recognize accreditors. ASIC has gotten themselves linked up with CHEA's international group but that's just a membership type of deal that I'm certain they did just to fool people when mentioning it. I was at one time a bit of a supporter--not of what ASIC is but for what ASIC could become--and they appeared to be cleaning things up and moving toward that, but I've seen some things that have sent them backward since.
     
  4. Dustin

    Dustin Well-Known Member

    Sorry, yes it was shorthand. I meant CHEA/DOE-recognized accreditors (Big 6, plus DEAC, TRACS, and whatever the other NA accreditors are.) Unfortunately you see lots of memberships being claimed in a misleading way, as a way of equating it with accreditation. Similar to schools pursuing membership in AACSB, which is not accreditation.
     
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  5. AsianStew

    AsianStew Moderator Staff Member

    Yes, I agree that there many many institutions out there that "do not represent" their accreditation (or lack of) properly. Most do so as they are NOT accredited, but for those that are accredited, they state on their website incorrect info, an example (I forget the school, dang), their school is RA but they are or want to be "nationally recognized", so they incorrectly state that their programs are Nationally Accredited! LOL, a boo boo on their part! And yes, AACSB membership is different than accreditation...
     
  6. LearningAddict

    LearningAddict Well-Known Member

    You may be referring to Midwest Teacher's Institute. They have a ENEB-like arrangement with a few RA schools. They refer to their arrangement as national accreditation along with the education accreditor (CAEP) that accredits the programs as a "national accreditor" even though their function appears to be programmatic so they must be using the term with a slightly different meaning then what CHEA recognizes it as and what we would use it as normally here:

    https://www.chea.org/programmatic-accrediting-organizations#CAEP

    I did however read a document or two where I recall CAEP referring to themselves as "national accreditors".
     

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