(03-23-2012, 06:05 AM)jamesc1 Wrote: I suppose Huff should have looked at what John Bear said for 25 years. Bear said that anyone who thought all unaccredited schools were mills was ignorant. He was right of course, but he no longer says such things, not in public anyway, which, of course, makes him rather wishy-washy. Perhaps his opinions could use some truth viagra.
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!