03-23-2012, 01:58 PM
(03-23-2012, 09:47 AM)Really? Wrote: Right, because absolutely nothing has changed in the last 25 years to cause one to form a different opinion about unaccredited schools. Yeah, the DETC, for example, doesn't accredit them through the doctorate now (except for Andrew Jackson, Columbia Southern, the former SCUPS, the former Pacific Western, and others). And the regional associations still won't accredit distance-only schools (except for JIU, Trident, NCU, WGU, and others). And those stalwart unaccredited schools of yore--Walden, Sarasota, CIIS, CCU--or marginal ones--like Southwest--and new ones--like Capella--never could cut it with the accreditors. That darn cartel kept them all out! Yeah, nothing's changed to cause one to think that, these days, if a school is good enough to become accredited, it can and should do so. No sense in changing one's mind just because of a blizzard of new facts. Better to stick with the same stupid conclusions no matter what!
Only partially correct as there is a whole wide world of education outside the USA! The term 'accredited' rarely appears outside the USA - and as I've already mentioned, world wide there are well over 3,000 private universities -with a number of prominent ones being in the USA.
And, in many parts of the world a stringent requirement for PhD students is that they must publish their research progress as they work towards completion of their Doctorate. With such progress results always having to be peer reviewed by experts in the particular field of study.