Read BYU-Idaho's Official Statement on Accreditation

http://www.ricks.edu/pr/byu-i/frequently_asked_questions1.htm

"Has BYU-Idaho been accredited and what does this mean to students?

Yes. Ricks, which has been fully accredited for its associate degree programs for many years, received notice March 21 that it is now a candidate for full-scale accreditation of its proposed 46 bachelor’s degree programs. Candidacy status was granted by the Commission on Colleges and Universities of the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges. This organization was established by schools in the Northwest to ensure that institutions within the region meet certain standards of performance, integrity and quality.

Students should not be concerned that BYU-Idaho will not have full accreditation for its first few years of operation. Academic Vice President Don Bird explains that the recent approval of BYU-Idaho as a candidate for accreditation is good enough for other colleges, universities and employers to accept when considering BYU-Idaho transfer students and graduates. “Universities and colleges accept each other’s credits as long as you are a candidate for accreditation,” Bird explains. “However, if you’re not accredited, that’s a different story. For example, Ricks does not accept transfer credit from non-accredited schools.” "

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Is something wrong with this? Looks fine and accurate: For the period that Rick's was a Mormon Junior College, they where, AFAIK, accredited to offer associate degrees (I think that at one time they might have been a 4 year school before that)

 

While there is no doubt that Ricks, soon to be officially BUY-Idaho, will be RA, their statement that "candidacy is good enough for other colleges" seems odd in light of the hard words heaped against Northcentral around the forum. Northcentral is officially in the same boat as BYU-Idaho. Errr....with one exception. BYU-I will be accredited and NCU might not be. Yet, both are candidates for RA.

Let me ask this question out then. If one were to obtain a degree from a school in candidacy status, graduate, then the school does not eventually receive RA after they graduated, would this be good enough for other colleges?

Since the President of BYU-I said that other RA colleges accept candidacy credits this would appear that if one received an NCU degree soon that they would basically have an RA degree, or at least be looked at like an RA degree. Maybe the President's statement is forward looking only. Maybe he means that candidacy is basically just as good as long as the school DOES get RA after the waiting period. I see possible ways to exploit candidacy if this is the case. However, I admit that I am not up on all the candidacy problems and features.

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