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Re: Ashford University- 1st class
Posted by No dog in this fight on 3/12/08

    On 11/13/07, Chris P. wrote:
    > On 11/11/07, Tim wrote:
    >> Even so, you have to wonder why people keep echoing a similar
    >> problem. It may be on the advisor, but in the court of public
    >> opinion the institution is almost always the one that takes the rap.
    >>
    >
    > 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.

    I have no dog in this fight, but I do object to people who say that
    schools are "fully accredited" when they are not regionally
    accredited. I decided to check myself. First I checked the Ashford
    site and found this:
    http://www.ashford.edu/info/accreditation.php

    Which claims they are regionally accredited by the Higher Learning
    Commission, a commission of the North Central Association of Colleges
    and Schools. This is a bona fide regional accreditation agency.

    So I went to the regional accreditation site to double check. The
    attached link (very long) should show the page that says that Ashford
    is regionally accredited. It is very interesting. It says:

    Ashford University* IA Accredited

    *Name change: Mount St. Clare College to The Franciscan University
    (12/5/02) to The Franciscan University of the Prairies (9/23/04).
    Purchased by Ashford University in March 2005.

    So, Ashford bought an accredited school in 2005 and currently has
    their programs under that accreditation umbrella (buying accredited
    schools is not unheard of...it increases the market value of a school
    when it is for sale. My kids K-8 Christian School bought an accredited
    7-12 school as a second campus). Ashford will have to get reaccredited
    eventually...and I suspect it is not far off. In my region (WASC) it
    is a major undertaking. I have been through several WASC accreditations.

    Regional Accreditation Site and Info - Interesting!

     
     

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