http://www.careersearchcity.com/how-do-i-know-if-an-online-college-has-proper-accreditation/ Executive Career and Online Degrees Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:05:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.careersearchcity.com/how-do-i-know-if-an-online-college-has-proper-accreditation/comment-page-1/#comment-7494 Fly On The Wall Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:40:02 +0000 http://www.careersearchcity.com/how-do-i-know-if-an-online-college-has-proper-accreditation/#comment-7494 There are different levels of accreditation. Call the traditional university back, and ask them specifically what kind of accreditation they are looking for. The ACCSCT accreditation is for technical/career schools which are not considered to have the same level of academic rigor as traditional residential universities. In the meantime here's an interesting web site:http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/i… There are different levels of accreditation. Call the traditional university back, and ask them specifically what kind of accreditation they are looking for.
The ACCSCT accreditation is for technical/career schools which are not considered to have the same level of academic rigor as traditional residential universities.
In the meantime here’s an interesting web site:http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/i…

]]> http://www.careersearchcity.com/how-do-i-know-if-an-online-college-has-proper-accreditation/comment-page-1/#comment-7495 PE2008 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:40:02 +0000 http://www.careersearchcity.com/how-do-i-know-if-an-online-college-has-proper-accreditation/#comment-7495 ACCSCT is legitimate, but the accreditation is considered "bush league'. The gold standard for accreditation of school is Regional Accreditation. In addition, some professional programs within the school will have "programmatic" accreditation. Most regionally accredited colleges/universities will not accept credits from non-regionally accredited schools, but there are exceptions and no school is obligated to accept credits from any other school. ACCSCT is legitimate, but the accreditation is considered “bush league’. The gold standard for accreditation of school is Regional Accreditation. In addition, some professional programs within the school will have “programmatic” accreditation.
Most regionally accredited colleges/universities will not accept credits from non-regionally accredited schools, but there are exceptions and no school is obligated to accept credits from any other school.

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