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Re: Ashford University- 1st class
Posted by Mike B on 11/15/07

    Chris, you need to speak a bit more responsibly. For starters, the
    topic was ASHFORD U, not Ashworth.

    Secondly, Ashworth's degrees are not worthless. You're going too far
    with that statement. The DETC is recognized by CHEA and is in good
    standing with the Federal Government, as it has been for decades. And,
    it's untrue that almost all "online schools" can achieve DETC
    accreditation. That claim is false. The DETC does have strong
    standards and they don't allow just anybody in.

    Thirdly, plenty regionally accredited schools take DETC credits. Penn
    Foster as you mentioned, happens to also be DETC accredited. Look it up.

    Fourthly, SACS is an accreditor for the Southern region; Ashworth
    never claimed to be accredited by them. Ashworth states very clearly
    that they are Nationally accredited by the DETC. So, I'm not sure why
    you wasted time calling SACS, or what you hoped to prove by posting
    that you did. It was pointless.

    Finally, I graduated from Ashworth and was able to take my credits
    over to Southwestern College, which has been rated as a top ranked
    College in the U.S. by several highly respected entities (Like U.S.
    News and World). Southwestern is regionally accredited.

    Regional accreditation is obviously more widely-accepted, but to say
    National accreditation (DETC) is worthless is an statement that lacks
    education or facts on the subject. Please stop.

    ==============================================
    On 11/13/07, Chris P. wrote:
    >
    > Ashworth University is not REGIONALLY accredited. Therefor, there
    > degrees are worthless. They are only nationally accredited by DETC
    > which almsot all online schools can achieve. If the school is not
    > REGIONALLY credited then their degress are not respected and are
    > almost unrecognized by other schools, meaning you most likely won't
    > be able to transfer credits. In their case they need to be
    > accredited by SACS, which they are not. I called SACS directly, as
    > well as go to their website WWW.SACSCOC.ORG. Sorry folks, I would
    > look into another online school if your serious about your
    > education. If its the money problem and your only interested in
    > associates degrees, goto PennFoster, they are licensed to award
    > associate of science degrees.


 

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