10-14-2008, 01:15 AM
Duggle Wrote:There was a time when CCU was a diploma mill.
There was a time when CCU was an innovative, but unaccredited, distance university; a real leader in its field.
There was a time when CCU was a run-of-the-mill unaccredited distance university.
And there is a time when CCU is a run-of-the-mill accredited university, recognized by a second-rate (yet legitimate) accrediting agency. That time is now.
I don't know that CCU would have ever been determined to be a diploma mill. It is definitely a second rate accredited university. Actually it would be 4th, maybe actually 5th tier if such a thing existed. It serves the need of a particular group of students and does it very well. It has lots of company, competing with schools such as Phoenix, Devry, Northcentral etc. I am proud to be a CCU graduate and student.
I am always concerned with put-downs of DETC. There is no apparent indication of them being a lesser accreditor. DETC regulations are more stringent than most regional accreditors and this was acknowledged by the US Dept of Education during their last approval to operate. But what does the USDOE know?